palpitant

From French.

palpitant (comparative more palpitant, superlative most palpitant)

1. palpitating, throbbing
   • 1923, George Allan England, The Thing from—"Outside":

     He gave the impression of a creature whose back has been broken, whose whole essence and energy have been wrenched asunder, yet in which life somehow clings, palpitant.

• IPA^(key): /pal.pi.tɑ̃/

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palpitant

1. present participle of palpiter

palpitant (feminine palpitante, masculine plural palpitants, feminine plural palpitantes)

1. pulsating, palpitating
2. thrilling, exciting

• “palpitant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

palpitant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of palpitō

Borrowed from French palpitant.

palpitant m or n (feminine singular palpitantă, masculine plural palpitanți, feminine and neuter plural palpitante)

1. thrilling