2. Jumping, or passing, from one thing or subject to another, without order or rational connection; without logical sequence; disconnected; immethodical; aimless; as, desultory minds. Atterbury. He [Goldsmith] knew nothing accurately; his reading had been desultory. Macaulay.
3. Out of course; by the way; as a digression; not connected with the subject; as, a desultory remark.
Syn. — Rambling; roving; immethodical; discursive; inconstant; unsettled; cursory; slight; hasty; loose.
DESUME
De*sume", v. t. Etym: [L. desumere; de + sumere to take.]
Defn: To select; to borrow. [Obs.] Sir. M. Hale.
DESYNONYMIZATION
De`syn*on`y*mi*za"tion, n.
Defn: The act of desynonymizing.
DESYNONYMIZE
De`syn*on"y*mize, v. t.