recapitulant en · ADJ
Etymology
From recapitulate + -ant.
Meanings
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recapitulating
How do our lives ravel out into the no-wind, no-sound, the weary gestures wearily recapitulant: echoes of old compulsions with no-hand on no-strings: in sunset we fall into furious attitudes, dead gestures of dolls.
1930, William Faulkner, As I Lay Dying, Library of America, published 1985, page 139:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most recapitulant | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more recapitulant | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |