saltant
[ sal-tnt ]
/ ˈsæl tnt /
adjective
dancing; leaping; jumping.
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
Words nearby saltant
British Dictionary definitions for saltant
saltant
/ (ˈsæltənt) /
adjective
(of an organism) differing from others of its species because of a saltation
Word Origin for saltant
C17: from Latin
saltāns dancing, from
saltāre, from
salīre to spring