sussultatory

sussultatory
adjective /sʌsəlˈteɪtəri/
characterised by up-and-down oscillations of large amplitude, usually with reference to earthquakes

, 1974: The healthy young Danes with loving slowness kissed, licked, caressed, tickled, kneaded, sucked, nuzzled, bit tenderly, salivated, secreted, hugged, trembled, moaned, gasped, coupled more vespertiliorum, and finally, with acrobatic aplomb, occupied forty-six times a minute 77.715 cubic inches of the same space, elastic and sussultatory. — Guy Davenport, Tatlin!


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  • sussultatory — sus·sul·ta·to·ry …   English syllables

  • sussultatory — səˈsəltəˌtōrē adjective Etymology: Italian sussultare to leap up, heave (from Latin subsultare, from sub up + sultare, from saltare to leap) + English tory (as in succussatory) more at sub , saltant …   Useful english dictionary

  • succussatory — səˈkəsəˌtōrē adjective Etymology: obsolete English succussation shaking, succussion (from Medieval Latin succussation , succussatio, from Latin succussatus past participle of succussare, freq. of succutire to throw up from below + ion , io ion) + …   Useful english dictionary

  • sussultorial — |səsəl|tōrēəl adjective Etymology: Italian sussultorio heaving, vibrating up and down (from sussultare to heave + orio ory, from Latin orius) + English al : having the nature of or resulting from a sussultatory earthquake shock …   Useful english dictionary

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