(adj) marked by lack of definite plan or regularity or purpose; jumping from one thing to another, Example: desultory thoughts; the desultory conversation characteristic of cocktail parties
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
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. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
I shot at it [ a bird ], but it was so desultory that I missed my aim. Gilbert White. [ 1913 Webster ]
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. [ 1913 Webster ]
He [ Goldsmith ] knew nothing accurately; his reading had been desultory. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. Out of course; by the way; as a digression; not connected with the subject; as, a desultory remark.
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