[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

palpitant \pal"pitant\, a. l. palpitans, p. pr.
   palpitating; throbbing; trembling. --carlyle.
   1913 webster

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

palpitant
     adj : having a slight and rapid trembling motion; "palpitant
           movements rather than violent eruptions"; "my
           palpitating heart" syn: palpitating
see also:
palpitating 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

20 moby thesaurus words for "palpitant":
   beating, clicking, drumming, fluttering, pitapat, pounding,
   pulsatile, pulsating, pulsative, pulsatory, pulsing, rhythmic,
   spattering, spluttering, sputtering, staccato, throbbing,
   thrumming, thumping, ticking

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