Category:Subsultory

Sub*sul"to*ry, a. Etym: [l. subsilire, subsultum, to spring up; sub Under + salire to leap.]

Defn: bounding; leaping; moving by sudden leaps or starts. [r.] -- Sub*sul"to*ri*ly, adv. [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.