| \DES-uhl-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee\ |
adjective
1. digressing from or unconnected with the main subject; random: a desultory remark.
2. lacking in consistency, constancy, or visible order, disconnected; fitful: desultory conversation. |
| Quotes |
"It strikes me," said Marion, rising, "that this sort of desultory conversation on a matter of such importance is, to say the least, inconvenient…"
-- Charles Lever, The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly, 1868 |
| Origin |
| Desultory finds its roots in the Latin word dēsultor, a term referring to a circus rider who jumps from one horse to another. It entered English in the mid-1500s. |
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