saltative

I can forgive a man a great deal who knows the word 'saltative', and can use it correctly.

Political Animal 2009

And finally Bickerton 1998, on yet another tack, posits a massive saltative episode in which large chunks of syntax emerged all at once, although this posit is implicitly withdrawn in Calvin and Bickerton 2000.

Innateness and Language Cowie, Fiona 2008

Not only met, but danced with; and not only danced but been delighted with; so much, that souvenirs of that night, with its saltative enjoyment, have since oft occupied her thoughts, thrilling her with sweetest reminiscence.

The Death Shot A Story Retold Mayne Reid 1850

He means that Obama, like Rand, believes in "saltative, game-changing, lone-genius invention" rather than "an accumulation of tiny productivity-enhancing innovations" as the driver of economic growth, and hopes to achieve it via government intervention.

Political Animal 2009