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Definition of Palpitant
1. Adjective. Having a slight and rapid trembling motion. "My palpitating heart"
Definition of Palpitant
1. a. Palpitating; throbbing; trembling.
Definition of Palpitant
1. Adjective. palpitating, throbbing ¹
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Definition of Palpitant
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Palpitant
Literary usage of Palpitant
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The royal phraseological English-French, French-English dictionary by John Charles Tarver (1853)
"belonging'to the palpitant, E, <idj. throbbing; beating; quivering. // écoute,
le cœur palpitant, he listens with throbbing— panting—heart. ..."
2. A Renegade Poet: And Other Essays by Francis Thompson (1910)
"... so spirit-like in its absence of bone and muscle, a muse whose crystalline
veins run ichor, whose heart is rather red palpitant fire than red palpitant ..."
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