saltant

English

Etymology

Latin saltans, present participle of saltare (“to dance”), v. intens. from salire (“to leap”): compare French sautant. See sally (verb).

Adjective

saltant (not comparable)

  1. Leaping; jumping; dancing.
  2. (heraldry) In a leaping position; springing forward.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for saltant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Catalan

Verb

saltant

  1. present participle of saltar

Latin

Verb

saltant

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of saltō
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