desultoryadj.n.

/ˈdɛsəltəri/

Etymology: < Latin dēsultōrius of or belonging to a vaulter, superficial, desultory, < dēsultor : see desultor n.

A. adj.

1. Skipping about, jumping or flitting from one thing to another; irregularly shifting, devious; wavering, unsteady. literal and figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > change > [adjective] > fluctuating

fluxible1561

desultory1581

fluxive?1606

fluctuary1632

desultorious1637

fluctuatinga1680

fluxionary1748

fluctuational1913

the world > time > change > changeableness > [adjective]

slidinga900

wankleeOE

windyc1000

unsteadfastc1200

fleeting?c1225

loose?c1225

brotelc1315

unstablec1340

varyingc1340

variantc1374

motleyc1380

ungroundedc1380

muablea1393

passiblea1393

remuablea1393

changeablea1398

movablea1398

variablec1397

slidderya1400

ticklec1400

variantc1412

flitting1413

mutable?a1425

movingc1425

flaskisable1430

flickering1430

transmutablec1430

vertible1447

brittlea1450

ficklea1450

permutablec1450

unfirmc1450

uncertain1477

turnable1483

unsteadfast1483

vagrantc1522

inconstant1526

alterable?1531

stirringc1540

slippery1548

various1552

slid?1553

mutala1561

rolling1561

weathery1563

unconstant1568

interchangeable1574

fluctuant1575

stayless1575

transitive1575

voluble1575

changeling1577

queasy1579

desultory1581

huff-puff1582

unstaid1586

vagrant1586

changeful1590

floating1594

Protean1594

unstayed1594

swimming1596

anchorless1597

mobilec1600

ticklish1601

catching1603

labile1603

unrooted1604

quicksilvered1605

versatile1605

insubstantial1607

uncertain1609

brandling1611

rootless1611

squeasy1611

wind-changinga1616

insolid1618

ambulatory1625

versatilous1629

plastic1633

desultorious1637

unbottomed1641

fluid1642

fluent1648

yea-and-nay1648

versipellous1650

flexile1651

uncentred1652

variating1653

chequered1656

slideable1662

transchangeative1662

weathercock-like1663

flicketing1674

fluxa1677

lapsable1678

wanton1681

veering1684

upon the weathercock1702

contingent1703

unsettled?1726

fermentable1731

afloat1757

brickle1768

wavy1795

vagarious1798

unsettled1803

fitful1810

metamorphosical1811

undulating1815

tittupya1817

titubant1817

mutative1818

papier mâché1818

teetotum1819

vacillating1822

capricious1823

sensitive1828

quicksilvery1829

unengrafted1829

fluxionala1834

proteiform1833

liquid1835

tottlish1835

kaleidoscopic1846

versative1846

kaleidoscopical1858

tottery1861

choppy1865

variative1874

variational1879

wimbly-wambly1881

fluctuable1882

shifty1882

giveable1884

shifty1884

tippy1886

mutatory1890

upsettable1890

rocky1897

undulatory1897

streaky1898

tottly1905

tipply1906

up and down1907

inertialess1927

sometimey1946

rise-and-fall1950

switchable1961

1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xxxix. 222 Not resting vpon any one thing, but desultorie ouer all.

1594 L. Andrewes Serm. II. 68 ‘Winter brooks’ as Job termeth flitting desultory Christians.

1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. iii. 25 The Crown, since the Conquest, never observed a regular, but an uncertain and desultory motion.

1699 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris (new ed.) 86 Persons of a light and desultory temper, that skip about, and are blown with every wind, as Grasshoppers are.

1699 Bp. G. Burnet Expos. 39 Articles (1700) xx. 195 All men ought to avoid the Imputations of a desultory Levity.

1748 J. Mason Ess. Elocution 19 To cure an uneven, desultory Voice..do not begin your Periods..in too high or too low a Key.

1756 H. Eeles in Philos. Trans. 1755 (Royal Soc.) 49 132 That desultory motion, by which it flies off from an electrified body.

1768 G. White Let. 30 Mar. in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1789) 43 I shot at it, but it was so desultory that I missed my aim.

1784 H. Elliott in Dk. of Leeds's Pol. Mem. (1884) 259 There is also a peculiar desultory motion in His Royal Highnesses eye.

1825 R. Southey Tale of Paraguay Proem. Ceasing here from desultory flight.

a. Pursuing a disconnected and irregular course of action; unmethodical.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [adjective] > unmethodical

unmethodical1570

amethodical1664

desultory1740

methodless1849

puttering1855

casual1883

1740 Bp. W. Warburton Let. 2 Feb. (R.) This makes my reading wild and desultory.

1773 E. Burke Corr. (1844) I. 427 Writing..not in a desultory and occasional manner, but systematically.

1779 F. Burney Let. June in Early Jrnls. & Lett. (1994) III. 313 She is very desultory a reader.

1838 J. C. Hare & A. W. Hare Guesses at Truth (ed. 2) 1st Ser. 188 Desultory reading is indeed most mischievous, by fostering habits of loose discontinuous thought.

1854 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity III. vii. i. 97 A desultory and intermitting warfare.

1872 ‘G. Eliot’ Middlemarch II. iii. xxix. 104 Guests whose desultory vivacity makes their presence a fatigue.

1886 W. Stubbs 17 Lect. Study Hist. ii. 41 The temptation to desultory research must in every case be very great, and desultory research, however it may amuse or benefit the investigator, seldom adds much to the real stock of human knowledge.

b. Of a single thing: Coming disconnectedly; random.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > [adjective] > random

random1655

loose1681

desultory1692

errabund1835

planless1937

1692 R. L'Estrange Fables ccccxliv. 421 'Tis not for a Desultory Thought, to attone for a Lewd Course of Life.

1822 W. Hazlitt Table-talk II. ix. 207 He no sooner meditates some desultory project, than [etc.].

c. Irregular and disconnected in form or appearance; motley. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > variety > [adjective] > exhibiting variety in appearance > irregular in appearance

patched1447

shredden1581

patchy1583

of shreds (and patches)1604

patchwork1634

patched work1716

desultory1842

unpatterned1842

patchworky1845

patchworked1873

splashy1880

spotty1881

1842 A. Alison Hist. Europe from French Revol. X. lxxv. 430 They..shuddered when they gazed on the long and desultory array of Cossacks..sweeping by.

1866 W. D. Howells Venetian Life ii. 19 A beggar in picturesque and desultory costume.

B. n.

A horse trained for the ‘desultor’ in a circus. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by purpose used for > [noun] > show or circus horse

jibby-horse1601

desultory1653

liberty horse1853

ring horse1861

1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 1st Bk. Wks. xxiii. 105 These horses were called desultories.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	desultory
释义	desultoryadj.n. /ˈdɛsəltəri/ Etymology: < Latin dēsultōrius of or belonging to a vaulter, superficial, desultory, < dēsultor : see desultor n. A. adj. 1. Skipping about, jumping or flitting from one thing to another; irregularly shifting, devious; wavering, unsteady. literal and figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > [adjective] > fluctuating fluxible1561 desultory1581 fluxive?1606 fluctuary1632 desultorious1637 fluctuatinga1680 fluxionary1748 fluctuational1913 the world > time > change > changeableness > [adjective] slidinga900 wankleeOE windyc1000 unsteadfastc1200 fleeting?c1225 loose?c1225 brotelc1315 unstablec1340 varyingc1340 variantc1374 motleyc1380 ungroundedc1380 muablea1393 passiblea1393 remuablea1393 changeablea1398 movablea1398 variablec1397 slidderya1400 ticklec1400 variantc1412 flitting1413 mutable?a1425 movingc1425 flaskisable1430 flickering1430 transmutablec1430 vertible1447 brittlea1450 ficklea1450 permutablec1450 unfirmc1450 uncertain1477 turnable1483 unsteadfast1483 vagrantc1522 inconstant1526 alterable?1531 stirringc1540 slippery1548 various1552 slid?1553 mutala1561 rolling1561 weathery1563 unconstant1568 interchangeable1574 fluctuant1575 stayless1575 transitive1575 voluble1575 changeling1577 queasy1579 desultory1581 huff-puff1582 unstaid1586 vagrant1586 changeful1590 floating1594 Protean1594 unstayed1594 swimming1596 anchorless1597 mobilec1600 ticklish1601 catching1603 labile1603 unrooted1604 quicksilvered1605 versatile1605 insubstantial1607 uncertain1609 brandling1611 rootless1611 squeasy1611 wind-changinga1616 insolid1618 ambulatory1625 versatilous1629 plastic1633 desultorious1637 unbottomed1641 fluid1642 fluent1648 yea-and-nay1648 versipellous1650 flexile1651 uncentred1652 variating1653 chequered1656 slideable1662 transchangeative1662 weathercock-like1663 flicketing1674 fluxa1677 lapsable1678 wanton1681 veering1684 upon the weathercock1702 contingent1703 unsettled?1726 fermentable1731 afloat1757 brickle1768 wavy1795 vagarious1798 unsettled1803 fitful1810 metamorphosical1811 undulating1815 tittupya1817 titubant1817 mutative1818 papier mâché1818 teetotum1819 vacillating1822 capricious1823 sensitive1828 quicksilvery1829 unengrafted1829 fluxionala1834 proteiform1833 liquid1835 tottlish1835 kaleidoscopic1846 versative1846 kaleidoscopical1858 tottery1861 choppy1865 variative1874 variational1879 wimbly-wambly1881 fluctuable1882 shifty1882 giveable1884 shifty1884 tippy1886 mutatory1890 upsettable1890 rocky1897 undulatory1897 streaky1898 tottly1905 tipply1906 up and down1907 inertialess1927 sometimey1946 rise-and-fall1950 switchable1961 1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xxxix. 222 Not resting vpon any one thing, but desultorie ouer all. 1594 L. Andrewes Serm. II. 68 ‘Winter brooks’ as Job termeth flitting desultory Christians. 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. iii. 25 The Crown, since the Conquest, never observed a regular, but an uncertain and desultory motion. 1699 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris (new ed.) 86 Persons of a light and desultory temper, that skip about, and are blown with every wind, as Grasshoppers are. 1699 Bp. G. Burnet Expos. 39 Articles (1700) xx. 195 All men ought to avoid the Imputations of a desultory Levity. 1748 J. Mason Ess. Elocution 19 To cure an uneven, desultory Voice..do not begin your Periods..in too high or too low a Key. 1756 H. Eeles in Philos. Trans. 1755 (Royal Soc.) 49 132 That desultory motion, by which it flies off from an electrified body. 1768 G. White Let. 30 Mar. in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1789) 43 I shot at it, but it was so desultory that I missed my aim. 1784 H. Elliott in Dk. of Leeds's Pol. Mem. (1884) 259 There is also a peculiar desultory motion in His Royal Highnesses eye. 1825 R. Southey Tale of Paraguay Proem. Ceasing here from desultory flight. 2. a. Pursuing a disconnected and irregular course of action; unmethodical. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [adjective] > unmethodical unmethodical1570 amethodical1664 desultory1740 methodless1849 puttering1855 casual1883 1740 Bp. W. Warburton Let. 2 Feb. (R.) This makes my reading wild and desultory. 1773 E. Burke Corr. (1844) I. 427 Writing..not in a desultory and occasional manner, but systematically. 1779 F. Burney Let. June in Early Jrnls. & Lett. (1994) III. 313 She is very desultory a reader. 1838 J. C. Hare & A. W. Hare Guesses at Truth (ed. 2) 1st Ser. 188 Desultory reading is indeed most mischievous, by fostering habits of loose discontinuous thought. 1854 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity III. vii. i. 97 A desultory and intermitting warfare. 1872 ‘G. Eliot’ Middlemarch II. iii. xxix. 104 Guests whose desultory vivacity makes their presence a fatigue. 1886 W. Stubbs 17 Lect. Study Hist. ii. 41 The temptation to desultory research must in every case be very great, and desultory research, however it may amuse or benefit the investigator, seldom adds much to the real stock of human knowledge. b. Of a single thing: Coming disconnectedly; random. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > [adjective] > random random1655 loose1681 desultory1692 errabund1835 planless1937 1692 R. L'Estrange Fables ccccxliv. 421 'Tis not for a Desultory Thought, to attone for a Lewd Course of Life. 1822 W. Hazlitt Table-talk II. ix. 207 He no sooner meditates some desultory project, than [etc.]. c. Irregular and disconnected in form or appearance; motley. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > variety > [adjective] > exhibiting variety in appearance > irregular in appearance patched1447 shredden1581 patchy1583 of shreds (and patches)1604 patchwork1634 patched work1716 desultory1842 unpatterned1842 patchworky1845 patchworked1873 splashy1880 spotty1881 1842 A. Alison Hist. Europe from French Revol. X. lxxv. 430 They..shuddered when they gazed on the long and desultory array of Cossacks..sweeping by. 1866 W. D. Howells Venetian Life ii. 19 A beggar in picturesque and desultory costume. B. n. A horse trained for the ‘desultor’ in a circus. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by purpose used for > [noun] > show or circus horse jibby-horse1601 desultory1653 liberty horse1853 ring horse1861 1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 1st Bk. Wks. xxiii. 105 These horses were called desultories. 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