Thursday, June 30, 2005
Increase your vocabulary here...instalment 2
des·ul·to·ry (dsl-tôr, -tr, dz-)
adj. 1. Moving or jumping from one thing to another; disconnected: a desultory speech.
2. Occurring haphazardly; random. See Synonyms at
chance.
[Latin dsultrius, leaping, from dsultor, a leaper, from dsultus, past participle of dsilre, to leap down : d-, de- + salre, to jump; see sel- in Indo-European roots.]
desul·tori·ly adv.
desul·tori·ness n.
De`sume´
v. t. 1. To select; to borrow
des·ue·tude (dsw-td, -tyd)
n. A state of disuse or inactivity.
[French désuétude, from Latin dsutd, from dsutus, past participle of dsuscere, to put out of use : d-, de- + suscere, to become accustomed; see s(w)e- in Indo-European roots.]
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