cursory

[Low Lat, cursor i us; from Lat. cursor a runner, from cursus, pa. par. of curro - to run.] *1. Moving about, not stationary. parsons at Rome; besides their cursorse men, as Gerrard, ."-Proceedings against Garnet, sign. F. (1606.) 2. Hasty, superficial, carele ; without due care or attention; desultory. "The coffee-house must not be dismi ed with a cur sory mention." -Macaulay : Hist. Eng . , ch. iii, Crabb thus distinguishes between cursory , hasty, desultory, and slight : "Cursory includes as it expre es a quick motion; it includes slight in both hasty and slight; it includes inasmuch por asmuch as it conveys the idea of a partial action: a boil, boy; pout, jowl; cat, çell, chorus, *cür-sõr-a-ry, a . [Eng. cursor(y); -ary.] Cur- sory, hasty, carele . "I have but with a cursorary eye O'erglanced the articles." chin, bench; go, gem; thin, this; view may be either cursory or hasty , as the former is taken by design, the latter from carele ne : a view may be either cursory or slight ; but the former is not so imperfect as the latter: an author will take a cursory view of those points which are not nece arily connected with his subject; an author who takes a hasty view of a subject will mislead by his errors; he who takes a slight view will disappoint with the shallowne of his information. sin, as; expect, Xenophon, exist. ph = f. The American Dictionary and Cyclopedia curst Between cursory and desultory there is the same difference as between running and leaping; we run in a line, but we leap from one part to another; so remarks that are cursory have still more or le connection; but remarks that are desultory are without any coherence." (Crabb: Eng. Synon.) curst, pa. par. or a. [CURSED.] *curst-fûl, a. [Eng. curst; ful ( l ).] Froward, peevish, ill-natured. *cürst-lý, adv . [Eng. curst; -ly.] In a cursed manner; cursedly. "So curstly and in such wise taunted, Art of Logic, fo. 8.