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sal·tant
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ˈsæl
tnt
/
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-tnt
]
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adjective
dancing; leaping; jumping.
Origin:
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
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saltant
(ˈsæltənt)
—
adj
(of an organism) differing from others of its species because of a saltation
[C17: from Latin
saltāns
dancing, from
saltāre,
from
salīre
to spring]
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