SUBSULT'ORY, adjective [from Latin subsultus, a leap, from subsulto; sub and salio.] Bounding; leaping; moving by sudden leaps or starts, or by twitches.
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Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary
SUBSULT'ORY, adjective [from Latin subsultus, a leap, from subsulto; sub and salio.] Bounding; leaping; moving by sudden leaps or starts, or by twitches.
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