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English
Etymology
From Latin subsaltātiō f.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌsʌbslˈteɪʃn/, /ˌsʌbsəlˈteɪʃn/
Noun
subsaltation (uncountable)
- Alternative form of subsultation (“(obsolete) bounding, leaping”)
- Hyponyms: curvet, prance
1666, Joseph Caryl, An Exposition With Practical Observations continued upon the Thirty-eighth, Thirty-ninth, Fortieth, Forty-first, and Forty-second (Being the five last) Chapters of the Book of Job, London: Printed by M. and S. Simmons, to Chapter 39 Verse 20, page 436:The motion of a horse may be compared to that of a Grasshopper in two respects. First, In respect of his swiftness. Secondly, Of his subsaltation, or bounding and leaping. I conceive God had respect only to the latter, in these words; for seeing this whole context doth not handle the nature of the horse in general, but only the marks or qualities of valiant horses; therefore the mention of this (namely, the subsaltation of horses) is much more proper than that of their swiftness or speed in running:
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