desultory reading

См. также в других словарях:

• Desultory — Des ul*to*ry, a. [L. desultorius, fr. desultor a leaper, fr. desilire, desultum, to leap down; de + salire to leap. See {Saltation}.] 1. Leaping or skipping about. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] I shot at it [a bird], but it was so desultory that I missed …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• random — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. haphazard, casual, chance, fortuitous, aimless. Ant., planned, expected, foreseen. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. haphazard, chance, casual, arbitrary, desultory, aimless, indiscriminate, irregular,… …   English dictionary for students

• random — [ran′dəm] n. [ME randoun < OFr randon, violence, speed (in a randon, violently) < randir, to run violently < Frank * rant, a running, akin to OHG rinnan, to RUN] impetuous and haphazard movement: now only in at random, without careful… …   English World dictionary

• Mendoza in Hollywood —   Fi …   Wikipedia

• GIBBON, EDWARD —    eminent historian, born at Putney, near London, of good parentage; his early education was greatly hindered by a nervous complaint, which, however, disappeared by the time he was 14; a wide course of desultory reading had, in a measure,… …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

• Factitious — Fac*ti tious, a. [L. factitius, fr. facere to make. See {Fact}, and cf. {Fetich}.] Made by art, in distinction from what is produced by nature; artificial; sham; contrived; formed by, or adapted to, an artificial or conventional, in distinction… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Fac-titiously — Factitious Fac*ti tious, a. [L. factitius, fr. facere to make. See {Fact}, and cf. {Fetich}.] Made by art, in distinction from what is produced by nature; artificial; sham; contrived; formed by, or adapted to, an artificial or conventional, in… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Factitiousness — Factitious Fac*ti tious, a. [L. factitius, fr. facere to make. See {Fact}, and cf. {Fetich}.] Made by art, in distinction from what is produced by nature; artificial; sham; contrived; formed by, or adapted to, an artificial or conventional, in… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Stafford Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh — Stafford Henry Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh GCB PC (27 October 1818 ndash; 12 January 1887), British statesman, was born in London on 27 October 1818. His ancestors had long been settled in Devon, tracing their descent from Galfridas de… …   Wikipedia

• Fausto Paolo Sozzini — Fausto Paolo Sozzini, also known as Faustus Socinus or Faust Socyn (Polish) (December 5, 1539 in Siena ndash; March 4 , 1604 in Luslawice) was an Italian theologian and founder of the school of Christian thought known as Socinianism and the main… …   Wikipedia

• novel — novel1 novellike, adj. /nov euhl/, n. 1. a fictitious prose narrative of considerable length and complexity, portraying characters and usually presenting a sequential organization of action and scenes. 2. (formerly) novella (def. 1). [1560 70; …   Universalium