petauristical

Updated: September 12, 2025

Then our combatants began to wheel about, and charge with such a swiftness that in an instant they made four moves, besides the usual salutations. So that they were continually in action, flying, hovering, jumping, vaulting, curvetting, with petauristical turns and motions, and often intermingled.

François Rabelais - Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 5