Palpitant

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Palpitant \Pal"pi*tant\, a. [L. palpitans, p. pr.]
     Palpitating; throbbing; trembling. --Carlyle.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  palpitant
       adj : having a slight and rapid trembling motion; "palpitant
             movements rather than violent eruptions"; "my
             palpitating heart" [syn: {palpitating}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  20 Moby Thesaurus words for "palpitant":
     beating, clicking, drumming, fluttering, pitapat, pounding,
     pulsatile, pulsating, pulsative, pulsatory, pulsing, rhythmic,
     spattering, spluttering, sputtering, staccato, throbbing,
     thrumming, thumping, ticking