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alienhard (15 words)
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A pity it doesn't come up in the actual lyrics of the song.
But I found also a band with that name.
Nobody defines it better than Paul Simon. Or here, if you want the audio.
I suspect this is the only use of desultory in a song title.
My thesaurus defines it as random. What a funny word. I have this voice in my head: imagine someone with a good valley girl accent saying something in the lines of “I'm, like, Tiffany, you know, from, like, Lawndale? (vocal fry) Ooohh, your (sic), like, from Lawndale, too? That's like sooo desultory? (vocal fry) Totally awesome?”
I am reading a book that says it belongs to the "SULT" family, which means jumping onto something.
other examples would be 'exultant' that mean jumping out of joy.
Eh, I just don't say this word. Though if I did, I would say it wrong. Deliberately. ;-)
Yep. If there's something to mispronouce or misspell, jennarenn's already on it. :-/
What's worse, oroboros, is that I already know that but keep forgetting! Aaarrgh!
Wow! Just learned I've been mispronouncing this all my life! Anybody else? It ain't de SUL tor ee. Aaarrgh!
That's great! Thanks, seanahan.
The etymology is awesome. "désultor (a circus rider who jumps from one horse to another"