Sub-sŭl'to-ry, a.

(Synop., § 130), a. [Lat. subsilire, subsultum, to spring up, from prefix sub, under, and salire, saltum, to leap, spring.] Bounding; leaping; moving by sudden leaps or starts, or by twitches. [Rare.] “Rapid and subsultory [numbers in tragedy].” Armstrong.