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71Agitation — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Irregular motion. < N PARAG:Agitation >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 agitation agitation stir tremor shake ripple jog jolt jar jerk shock succussion trepidation quiver …
72salient — [16] Salient is one of a large number of English words that go back ultimately to Latin salīre ‘jump’. Others include assail, assault, desultory, insult, sally, sauté, and also salacious [17], which goes back to Latin salāx ‘given to leaping on… …
73insult — [16] The sult of insult comes from a word that meant ‘jump’. Its source was Latin insultāre ‘jump on’, a compound verb based on saltāre ‘jump’. This was a derivative of salīre ‘jump’, source in one way or another of English assail, assault,… …
74salient — [16] Salient is one of a large number of English words that go back ultimately to Latin salīre ‘jump’. Others include assail, assault, desultory, insult, sally, sauté, and also salacious [17], which goes back to Latin salāx ‘given to leaping on… …
75random — [ran′dəm] n. [ME randoun < OFr randon, violence, speed (in a randon, violently) < randir, to run violently < Frank * rant, a running, akin to OHG rinnan, to RUN] impetuous and haphazard movement: now only in at random, without careful… …
76confused — adj. 1. same as {confounded}; as, bewildered and confused. Syn: at sea, befuddled, bemused, bewildered, confounded, mazed, mixed up. [WordNet 1.5] 2. lacking orderly continuity. Syn: disconnected, disjointed, disordered, disorganized, desultory,… …
77Desultorily — Des ul*to*ri*ly, adv. In a desultory manner; without method; loosely; immethodically. [1913 Webster] …
78Desultoriness — Des ul*to*ri*ness, n. The quality of being desultory or without order or method; unconnectedness. [1913 Webster] The seeming desultoriness of my method. Boyle. [1913 Webster] …
79Desultorious — Des ul*to ri*ous, a. Desultory. [R.] [1913 Webster] …
80Dilettanteism — Dil et*tan te*ism, n. The state or quality of being a dilettante; the desultory pursuit of art, science, or literature. [1913 Webster] …
