† oscillantadj.
Obsolete. rare.
Oscillating; that oscillates.
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > [adjective]
oscillatory1670
oscillating1743
oscillant1857
1857 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Oscillans, applied to anthers when attached..by a very small point situated towards the middle of their length, so as to be sustained as in equilibrium: oscillant.
1891 E. Fawcett Songs of Doubt & Dream 78 Lit on the pendulous deck of his weird bark, Tethered beneath yet softly oscillant In the bland air that buoyed it.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
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