
Meaning of PALPITANT
| Pronunciation: | | 'palpitunt
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WordNet Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | [adj] having a slight and rapid trembling motion; "a fluttering heartbeat"; "palpitant movements rather than violent eruptions"; "my palpitating heart" |
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| | Synonyms: | | fluttering, palpitating, unsteady |
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Pal"pi*tant\, a. [L. palpitans, p. pr.]
Palpitating; throbbing; trembling. --Carlyle.
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| | Related Terms: | | beating, clicking, drumming, fluttering, pitapat, pounding, pulsatile, pulsating, pulsative, pulsatory, pulsing, rhythmic, spattering, spluttering, sputtering, staccato, throbbing, thrumming, thumping, ticking |
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