titubant
English edit
Etymology edit
From French titubant, present participle of tituber, from Latin titubāre (“falter”), present active infinitive of titubō.
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Adjective edit
titubant (comparative more titubant, superlative most titubant)
- stumbling, staggering; with the movement of one who is tipsy
- 1896, Robert Louis Stevenson, Macaire, act i, scene 2 (stage directions):
- To these, by the door L. C., the CURATE and the NOTARY, arm in arm; the latter owl-like and titubant
- 1928, Acta Psychiatrica et Neurologica, volume 3, page 65:
- His walk had become titubant.
- 1948, Karl Pearson, Treasury of Human Inheritance: Nervous Diseases and Muscular Dystrophies, page 253:
- her feet showed the typical Friedreich's deformity; her speech was drawling and monotonous; her gait was staggering and titubant
Synonyms edit
- (stumbling, staggering): lurching, reeling, staggering, stumbling, unsteady, vacillating
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titubant
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Participle edit
titubant
Further reading edit
- “titubant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin edit
Verb edit
titubant