| Subsultory | a. [ L. subsilire, subsultum, to spring up; sub under + salire to leap. ] Bounding; leaping; moving by sudden leaps or starts. [ R. ] -- Flippancy opposed to solemnity, the subsultory to the continuous, -- these are the two frequent extremities to which the French manner betrays men. De Quincey. [1913 Webster] |