9 Letter Words for Desultory
desultory
8 Letter Words for Desultory
delusory, desultor, elytrous, souterly, urostyle
7 Letter Words for Desultory
destour, destroy, detours, dourest, douters, drolest, drylots, elusory, elutors, loudest, louster, oldster, ouldest, outerly, outlers, outreds, redouts, restudy, rousted, roysted, rustled, soulter, stourly, strodle, stroyed, strudel, sutlery, tousled, trouled, troules, yodlers
6 Letter Words for Desultory
derout, derust, destry, detour, dorsel, doters, dotrel, dourly, douser, douter, droles, drylot, duroys, duster, elutor, estudy, louder, loured, loures, loused, louted, louter, lusory, lusted, luster, luters, lutose, odyles, olders, oldest, ostler, oulder, ousted, ouster, outers, outled, outler, outred, oyster, redout, redust, relost, reslot, resold, result, retold, rodlet, rosety, rosted, rostel, rouled, roules, roused, routed, routes, rudely, rudest, rusted, rustle, rustly, seldor, sloted, solder, solert, solute, sorely, sorted, sortly, souled, soured, sourly, souter, soyled, sterol, stoled, stored, stoure, stoury, strode, strold, stroud, strude, studly, sturdy, styled, styler, styred, styrol, sultry, surely, surety, sutler, tolsey, torsel, toured, toused, tousel, touser, tousle, tously, toyers, trodes, troely, troule, trouse, tuyers, tydeus, tylers, tylose, ulster, uredos, usedly, yodels, yodler, yodles, yourts
5 Letter Words for Desultory
delts, desto, desyl, detur, doers, doest, doles, doley, dolts, dolus, dorey, dorse, dorts, dorty, doser, doter, dotes, douse, douts, doylt, doyst, drest, dreys, drole, droyl, druse, drusy, duels, duets, duler, dules, dulse, duole, dures, duret, duros, duroy, durst, duryl, dusty, dyers, eorls, estro, euros, eusol, eyots, lerot, leuds, lodes, lords, lordy, lored, lores, losed, loser, lotes, lotus, louey, lourd, loure, lours, louse, lousy, louts, louty, ludes, ludos, lured, lures, luser, lusty, luted, luteo, luter, lutes, lyres, lysed, lyted, lytes, odyle, odyls, older, orles, orlet, orsel, ousel, outed, outer, outly, outre, oyers, oylet, redly, redos, relot, resod, resty, rodes, roles, rosed, rosel, roset, roted, rotes, rotls, roues, roule, rouls, rouse, roust, route, routs, royet, royst, rudes, ruely, ruled, rules, rusot, rusty, rutyl, ryots, seoul, serut, slote, slour, sloyd, slued, sluer, solde, soled, soler, sored, sorel, sorty, souly, soyle, stero, stold, stole, store, story, strey, stroy, strue, stude, study, sture, style, stylo, styre, sudor, suety, sured, surly, sutor, telos, todus, toled, toles, tolus, tored, tores, torse, torus, tosed, tould, tours, touse, tousy, toyed, toyer, treys, trode, trods, troue, troys, trued, trues, truly, tudel, tudor, tules, turds, turse, tuyer, tyers, tyler, tylus, tyrol, tyros, uredo, urled, uster, utero, yelts, yerds, yodel, yodle, yores, youre, yours, yourt, youse, yules, yurts
4 Letter Words for Desultory
dels, delt, dely, dero, deul, deus, deys, doer, does, dole, dols, dolt, dore, dors, dort, dory, dose, dost, dote, dots, doty, dour, dout, drey, drou, drys, duel, duer, dues, duet, dule, dult, duly, duos, duro, dust, duty, dyer, dyes, elds, elod, elts, eorl, eros, erst, euro, eyot, leds, leos, lest, leto, lets, leud, leys, lode, lods, loed, lord, lore, lors, lory, lose, lost, lote, lots, loud, lour, lout, loys, lude, ludo, luds, lues, lure, lurs, lust, lute, lyes, lyre, lyse, lyte, odel, oder, odes, odyl, olds, oles, ords, ordu, ored, ores, orle, orly, orts, otus, ouds, ould, ours, oust, outr, outs, oyer, oyes, redo, reds, rely, rest, retd, rets, rode, rods, roed, roes, roey, role, rose, rost, rosy, rote, rotl, rots, roud, roue, roul, rous, rout, royt, rude, ruds, rued, rues, rule, ruly, ruse, rust, ruts, ryes, ryot, seld, selt, seor, sero, sert, sled, sley, slod, sloe, slot, slud, slue, slur, slut, sody, sold, sole, sord, sore, sort, sory, soud, soul, sour, sout, sted, ster, stey, stod, stor, stre, stud, stue, sude, sued, suer, suet, suey, suld, surd, sure, syed, syre, syrt, syud, teds, tedy, teld, tels, tode, tods, tody, toed, toes, toey, told, tole, tolu, tore, tors, toru, tose, tosy, tour, toys, tres, trey, trod, troy, true, trye, tues, tule, turd, tyde, tyed, tyer, tyes, tyro, udos, ueys, ules, ulto, urde, urds, urdy, ures, urol, used, user, utes, yedo, yeld, yelt, yerd, yeso, yest, yode, yods, yold, yore, yote, youd, your, yous, yule, yurt
3 Letter Words for Desultory
del, der, des, det, dey, dle, dlr, doe, dol, dor, dos, dot, dry, dso, dsr, due, duo, dur, dye, dys, edo, eds, eld, els, elt, eos, erd, ers, ert, esd, esr, est, esu, ety, eyl, eyr, led, leo, ler, les, let, leu, ley, lod, loe, lor, los, lot, loy, lsd, lst, ltd, ltr, lud, lue, luo, lur, lut, lye, lys, ode, ods, oer, oes, old, ole, ord, ore, orl, ors, ort, ory, ose, oud, our, ous, out, oye, oys, red, rel, res, rld, rle, rly, rod, roe, ros, rot, rte, rud, rue, rut, rye, sed, sel, ser, set, sey, sld, sle, slt, sly, sod, sol, sot, sou, soy, std, str, sty, sud, sue, sur, sye, syl, syr, tdr, ted, tel, ter, tes, tlo, tlr, tod, toe, tol, tor, tos, tou, toy, trs, try, tue, tur, tuy, tye, tyr, udo, uds, uey, ule, ult, urd, ure, urs, use, ust, ute, uts, yds, yed, yeo, yer, yes, yet, yod, yoe, yor, yos, yot, you, yrs, yue, yus
Definitions for Desultory
[1] lacking in consistency, constancy, or visible order, disconnected; fitful: desultory conversation.
[2] digressing from or unconnected with the main subject; random: a desultory remark.
[3] passing or jumping from one thing to another, esp in a fitful way; unmethodical; disconnected
[4] occurring in a random or incidental way; haphazard a desultory thought
Words related to Desultory
chaotic, haphazard, aimless, erratic, chance, deviating, rambling, unstable, unsystematic, orderless
Words nearby Desultory
desulfur, desulfurase, desulfurate, desulfurize, desulphurize, desultory, det, det., det. in dup., detach, detached
Origin of Desultory
1575–85; < Latin dēsultōrius pertaining to a dēsultor (a circus rider who jumps from one horse to another), equivalent to dēsul-, variant stem of dēsilīre to jump down (dē- de- + -silīre, combining form of salīre to leap) + -tōrius -tory1
Other words from Desultory
des·ul·to·ri·ly , adverb
des·ul·to·ri·ness , noun
Word origin for Desultory
C16: from Latin dēsultōrius, relating to one who vaults or jumps, hence superficial, from dēsilīre to jump down, from de- + salīre to jump
Synonyms for Desultory
aimless, chaotic, erratic, haphazard, chance, deviating, orderless, rambling, unmethodical, unstable, unsystematic, without purpose