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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
desultory /ˈdɛs(ə)lt(ə)ri, -z-/
▶adjective lacking purpose or enthusiasm.
– derivatives
desultorily adverb,
desultoriness noun.
desultorily adverb,
desultoriness noun.
– origin C16 (lit. ‘skipping about’): from L. desultorius ‘superficial’ (lit. ‘relating to a vaulter’), from desultor ‘vaulter’, from the verb desilire.
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