titubate
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Latin titubatus, past participle of titubare (“to stagger, totter”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
titubate (third-person singular simple present titubates, present participle titubating, simple past and past participle titubated)
- (obsolete) To stagger
- (obsolete) To rock or roll, like a curved body on a plane.
- To stutter, stammer.
- 1993, Anthony Burgess, A Dead Man in Deptford:
- They must let us alone here, we govern ourselves, we are by way of being totally autonomous. (The plethora of t’s there made his tongue titubate, but it was a brave show.)
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
to stagger
to stutter
Further reading[edit]
- “titubate”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Italian[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Verb[edit]
titubate
- inflection of titubare:
Etymology 2[edit]
Participle[edit]
titubate f pl
Anagrams[edit]
Latin[edit]
Verb[edit]
titubāte
Spanish[edit]
Verb[edit]
titubate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of titubar combined with te
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