palpitant

POS

Adjective

HYPHEN

pal=pi=tant

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adjective palpitant has 1 sense

palpitant(s = adj.all) palpitating - having a slight and rapid trembling motion; "palpitant movements rather than violent eruptions"; "my palpitating heart"

Derived forms verb palpitate₃, verb palpitate₂, verb palpitate₁

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CIDE DICTIONARY

palpitant, a. [L. palpitans, p. pr.].

Palpitating; throbbing; trembling. Carlyle. [1913 Webster]

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THESAURUS

palpitant

beating, clicking, drumming, fluttering, pitapat, pounding, pulsatile, pulsating, pulsative, pulsatory, pulsing, rhythmic, spattering, spluttering, sputtering, staccato, throbbing, thrumming, thumping, ticking

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