单词 | desultoriness |
释义 | desultorinessn. The quality of being desultory; scrappy discursiveness; disconnectedness; lack of method. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [noun] > lack of method desultoriness1661 casualness1882 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > inelegance > [noun] > disconnectedness inconnection1620 disjointedness1655 desultoriness1661 unconnection1766 disconnection1815 disconnectedness1823 snippetiness1878 1661 R. Boyle Some Consid. Style of Script. (1675) Pref. 10 The Seeming Desultorinesse of my Method. 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Desultoriness, the Skipping from one Thing to another. 1788 T. Reid Ess. Active Powers Man ii. iii. 538 There is a desultoriness of thought in man. 1816 Buchan in Singer Researches Hist. Playing Cards 360 Excuse the desultoriness of these observations. 1870 Pall Mall Gaz. 9 Aug. 12 Accidental defects of desultoriness and sketchiness. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1661 |
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