desultoriness
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Desultoriness — 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] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
desultoriness — index irregularity Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
desultoriness — noun see desultory … New Collegiate Dictionary
desultoriness — noun The state or quality of being desultory … Wiktionary
desultoriness — des·ul·to·ri·ness … English syllables
desultoriness — noun ( es) : the quality of being desultory … Useful english dictionary
desultory — adjective Etymology: Latin desultorius, literally, of a circus rider who leaps from horse to horse, from desilire to leap down, from de + salire to leap more at sally Date: 1581 1. marked by lack of definite plan, regularity, or purpose < a… … New Collegiate Dictionary
Jean de La Bruyère — (pronounced|ʒɑ̃dəlabʁyˈjɛʁ in French) (August 16 1645 – May 10, 1696), was a French essayist and moralist.AncestryHe was born in Paris, not, as was once thought, at Dourdan (in today s Essonne département ) in 1645. His family was middle class,… … Wikipedia
Paul Watkins (Manson Family) — Paul Alan Watkins (born January 25, 1950; died August 3, 1990)Watkins, Paul and Guillermo Soledad. My Life with Charles Manson . Bantam, 1979. ISBN 0 553 12788 8. Chapter 2.] [ [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0914383/bio Paul Watkins biographical… … Wikipedia
desultory — desultorily, adv. desultoriness, n. /des euhl tawr ee, tohr ee/, adj. 1. lacking in consistency, constancy, or visible order, disconnected; fitful: desultory conversation. 2. digressing from or unconnected with the main subject; random: a… … Universalium
