saltant

American  

[sal-tnt] / ˈsæl tnt /

adjective

1. dancing; leaping; jumping.

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saltant British  

/ ˈsæltənt /

adjective

1. (of an organism) differing from others of its species because of a saltation

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Etymology

Origin of saltant

1595–1605; < Latin saltant- (stem of saltāns, present participle of saltāre to jump about, dance, frequentative of salīre to jump), equivalent to sal- jump + -t- frequentative suffix + -ant- -ant

Example Sentences

Called Crapaud from the device of the ancient kings of France, "three toads erect saltant."

From Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook by Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham

Nos saltamus, Vos saltatis, Illi saltant, We dance, Ye dance, They dance.

From The Comic Latin Grammar A new and facetious introduction to the Latin tongue by Leech, John

So I said nothing, for, after all, what possible social community could one find in a blindfold old mule and a handful of saltant or fluttering creatures?

From The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza by Boyd, Mary Stuart

When he chaseth and followeth after other beasts, hee goeth alwaies saltant or rampant; which he never useth to doe when he is chased in sight, but is onely passant.

From Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History by MacGillivray, William

He lauded Kedzie's pout as well as her more saltant expressions.

From We Can't Have Everything by Hughes, Rupert