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Desultorily
Desultorily Des"ul*to*ri*ly, adv. In a desultory manner; without method; loosely; immethodically.
Desultoriness
Desultoriness Des"ul*to*ri*ness, n. The quality of being desultory or without order or method; unconnectedness. The seeming desultoriness of my method. --Boyle.
Desultorious
Desultorious Des`ul*to"ri*ous, a. Desultory. [R.]
Desultory
Desultory Des"ul*to*ry, a. [L. desultorius, fr. desultor a leaper, fr. desilire, desultum, to leap down; de + salire to leap. See Saltation.] 1. Leaping or skipping about. [Obs.] I shot at it [a bird], but it was so desultory that I missed my aim. --Gilbert White. 2. Jumping, or passing, from one thing or subject to another, without order or rational connection; without logical sequence; disconnected; immethodical; aimless; as, desultory minds. --Atterbury. He [Goldsmith] knew nothing accurately; his reading had been desultory. --Macaulay. 3. Out of course; by the way; as a digression; not connected with the subject; as, a desultory remark. Syn: Rambling; roving; immethodical; discursive; inconstant; unsettled; cursory; slight; hasty; loose.

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- In antiquity, the term desultor (Latin; "one who leaps down") or in Gr**** apobates (ἀποβάτης) and metabates (μεταβάτης) (both meaning "one who gets/leaps...
- Sepsis Species: S. biflexuosa Binomial name Sepsis biflexuosa Strobl, 1893 Synonyms Sepsis signifera Melander & S****r, 1917 Sepsis desultor Séguy, 1932...
- Piso Frugi in 67 BC, depicting the head of Apollo on the obverse and a desultor on the reverse. Both sides of the coin refer to the Ludi Apollinares....
- – Myanmar Liphistius dangrek Schwendinger, 1996 – Thailand Liphistius desultor Schiödte, 1849 (type species) – Malaysia Liphistius endau Sedgwick & Platnick...
- from the original on 2009-09-18. Retrieved 2009-09-17. "France, Pants". Desultor. Harvard Law School. January 21, 2004. Archived from the original on April...
- Clubionina Berland, 1947 C. pallida Berland, 1947 (type) — St. Paul Is. † Desultor Petrunkevitch, 1942 † D. depressus Petrunkevitch, 1942 Elaver O. ****rd-Cambridge...
- moneyer in 88 BC, depicting Numa Pompilius and the gens ancestor Ancus Marcius on the obverse, with a desultor performing on two horses on the reverse...
- considered by the Romans to be a lucky animal. The House of the Athlete or Desultor, located near the forum, contains a humorous mosaic of an athlete or acrobat...
- Denarius of Gaius Marcius Censorinus minted in 88 BC, depicting Numa Pompilius and Ancus Marcius, with a desultor on the reverse....
- Elder wrote that Marcus Valerius Messalla Corvinus called Dellius the desultor bellorum civilium ("circus-rider of civil war"), for allegedly frequently...