subsultoryadj.n.

Brit.

/səbˈsʌlt(ə)ri/, U.S.

/səbˈsəltəri/

Forms: 1600s subsultorie, 1700s– subsultory.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin subsultorius.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin subsultorius fitful (1620, 1646 in British sources) < classical Latin subsult- , past participial stem of subsilīre to jump up, spring up (see subsult v.) + -ōrius -ory suffix². Compare earlier subsultorily adv.

Now rare.

Involving or characterized by sudden leaps, jerks, or starts. Also as n.: something characterized by sudden leaping or jerking. Cf. subsultive adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > leaping, springing, or jumping > [adjective] > making sudden leaps or springs

startingc1440

subsultatory1541

subsultory1638

subsultorious1650

subsultive1750

1638 W. Rawley tr. F. Bacon Hist. Nat. & Exper. Life & Death 406 The Inordinate, and Subsultorie, Motion of the Spirits.

1700 J. Jones Myst. Opium Reveal'd xxi. 243 Hiccoughs..happen upon the decay of Power vigorously to Vomit, dwindling into those fruitless Convulsive subsultory Ierks, or Half Endeavours.

1716 Philos. Trans. 1714–16 (Royal Soc.) 29 326 Palpitation of the Heart, whose..prodigious subsultory Motion..was easily felt.

1758 J. Armstrong Sketches 40 The Numbers ought to be accommodated to the Passion;..they ought..to run somewhat rambling and irregular, and often rapid and subsultory.

1822 J. M. Good Study Med. III. 405 Clonus Palpitatio. Palpitation. Subsultory vibration of the heart or arteries.

1840 T. De Quincey Style in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 17/1 Flippancy opposed to gravity, the subsultory to the continuous.

1887 Science (U.S.) 20 May 495/2 Within this tract, except near the edges of it, the motion was most conspicuously of subsultory character.

1909 Westm. Gaz. 20 Jan. 9/3 A strong subsultory and undulatory shock, lasting six seconds.

2004 Washington Post (Nexis) 4 Aug. c3 Cellular biology,..opens up a whole new image of the battle of the sexes...For all that the male is feverish, jittery, subsultory and always tossing and turning, the female germ is languorous, torpid, slow-paced.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	subsultory
释义	subsultoryadj.n. Brit. /səbˈsʌlt(ə)ri/, U.S. /səbˈsəltəri/ Forms: 1600s subsultorie, 1700s– subsultory. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin subsultorius. Etymology: < post-classical Latin subsultorius fitful (1620, 1646 in British sources) < classical Latin subsult- , past participial stem of subsilīre to jump up, spring up (see subsult v.) + -ōrius -ory suffix². Compare earlier subsultorily adv. Now rare. Involving or characterized by sudden leaps, jerks, or starts. Also as n.: something characterized by sudden leaping or jerking. Cf. subsultive adj. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > leaping, springing, or jumping > [adjective] > making sudden leaps or springs startingc1440 subsultatory1541 subsultory1638 subsultorious1650 subsultive1750 1638 W. Rawley tr. F. Bacon Hist. Nat. & Exper. Life & Death 406 The Inordinate, and Subsultorie, Motion of the Spirits. 1700 J. Jones Myst. Opium Reveal'd xxi. 243 Hiccoughs..happen upon the decay of Power vigorously to Vomit, dwindling into those fruitless Convulsive subsultory Ierks, or Half Endeavours. 1716 Philos. Trans. 1714–16 (Royal Soc.) 29 326 Palpitation of the Heart, whose..prodigious subsultory Motion..was easily felt. 1758 J. Armstrong Sketches 40 The Numbers ought to be accommodated to the Passion;..they ought..to run somewhat rambling and irregular, and often rapid and subsultory. 1822 J. M. Good Study Med. III. 405 Clonus Palpitatio. Palpitation. Subsultory vibration of the heart or arteries. 1840 T. De Quincey Style in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 17/1 Flippancy opposed to gravity, the subsultory to the continuous. 1887 Science (U.S.) 20 May 495/2 Within this tract, except near the edges of it, the motion was most conspicuously of subsultory character. 1909 Westm. Gaz. 20 Jan. 9/3 A strong subsultory and undulatory shock, lasting six seconds. 2004 Washington Post (Nexis) 4 Aug. c3 Cellular biology,..opens up a whole new image of the battle of the sexes...For all that the male is feverish, jittery, subsultory and always tossing and turning, the female germ is languorous, torpid, slow-paced. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1638
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