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/

palpitant

1. present participle of palpiter

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

1. pulsating, palpitating
2. thrilling, exciting

• “palpitant” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

palpitant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of palpitō