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desultory

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9 lettersPronunciation /ˈdɛs.əl.t(ə).ɹi/Part of speech adjectiveSorted delorstuyStarts with DEnds with Y0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Lacking a plan, focus, or steady purpose.

Word origin

From Latin dēsultōrius (“hasty, casual, superficial”), from dēsultor (“a circus rider who jumped from one galloping horse to another”), from dēsiliō (“jump down”), from dē (“down”) + saliō (“jump, leap”).

Used in a sentence

  • He wandered round, cleaning up in a desultory way.
  • I teach a class of desultory minds.
  • subject to desultory fire from the enemy

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