Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

subsultory

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sub-sul-to-ry
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Bounding; leaping; moving by sudden leaps or starts.

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin subsultōrius, as subsultim (“with leaps”) from subsilire (“to spring up”), from sub (“under”) + salire (“to leap”).

Inflected Forms

more subsultory (comparative) most subsultory (superlative) subsaltory (alternative)

Derived Forms

subsultorily

Questions

What does subsultory mean?: Bounding; leaping; moving by sudden leaps or starts.
Where does subsultory come from?: Borrowed from New Latin subsultōrius, as subsultim (“with leaps”) from subsilire (“to spring up”), from sub (“under”) + salire (“to leap”).

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