different between desultory vs immoderate

English

Etymology

From Latin d?sult?rius (“hasty, casual, superficial”), from d?sult?r (“a circus rider who jumped from one galloping horse to another”), from d?sili? (“jump down”), from d? (“down”) + sali? (“jump, leap”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d?s.?l.t(?).?i/, /?d?z.?l.t(?).?i/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?d?s.?l?t??.i/, /?d?z.?l?t??.i/
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Adjective

desultory (comparative more desultory, superlative most desultory)

1. Jumping, or passing, from one thing or subject to another, without order, planning, or rational connection; lacking logical sequence.

   Synonyms: disconnected, unmethodical, aimless, quodlibetic, (in conversation) quodlibetical

2. Out of course; by the way; not connected with the subject.

3. Disappointing in performance or progress.
4. (obsolete) Leaping, skipping or flitting about, generally in a random or unsteady manner.

Derived terms

• desultorily

Related terms

• salient

Translations

Further reading

• desultory in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

References

Anagrams

• Stroudley

English

Etymology

From im- +? moderate.

Adjective

immoderate (comparative more immoderate, superlative most immoderate)

1. Not moderate; excessive.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:excessive

Translations

Latin

Adjective

immoder?te

1. vocative masculine singular of immoder?tus

References

• immoderate in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• immoderate in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• immoderate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette