'Palpitant' definitions:
Definition of 'palpitant'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Having a slight and rapid trembling motion; "palpitant movements rather than violent eruptions"; "my palpitating heart" [syn: palpitant, palpitating]
Definition of 'Palpitant'
From: GCIDE
- Palpitant \Pal"pi*tant\, a. [L. palpitans, p. pr.] Palpitating; throbbing; trembling. --Carlyle. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'palpitant'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- beating,
- clicking,
- drumming,
- fluttering,
- pitapat,
- pounding,
- pulsatile,
- pulsating,
- pulsative,
- pulsatory,
- pulsing,
- rhythmic,
- spattering,
- spluttering,
- sputtering,
- staccato,
- throbbing,
- thrumming,
- thumping,
- ticking