palpitant

[pal-pi-tuhnt]

adjective

1. affected or characterized by palpitation.

Word History and Origins

Origin of palpitant¹

1835–40; < Latin palpitant- (stem of palpitāns ), present participle of palpitāre. See palpitate, -ant

Example Sentences

Throughout the palpitant anxieties which are the lot of every bride, Miss Kelly was everything the enthusiastic Monegasques could have wished.

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The palpitant mosaic of the midday light Colliding, sliding, leaping and lingering: O, I could lie on my back all day, And mark the mad ballet of the midsummer sky.

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Love and purity and spiritual aspiration perish first; with the result that the lower-grade female Subconscious emotionalism, instinct and palpitant with animal impulse, comes into play.

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Cleaving the air with their palpitant pinions, Wheeling and drifting, the beautiful seagulls Fly with the grace of unconscious perfection, Crying exultant and wild in a chorus.

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On rejoining Robin, I found him palpitant and perturbed.

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