titubant

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English

WOTD – 12 August 2009

Etymology

From French titubant, present participle of tituber, from Latin titubāre (“falter”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

titubant (comparative more titubant, superlative most titubant)

  1. 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

Translations

Catalan

Verb

titubant

  1. gerund of titubar

French

Participle

titubant

  1. present participle of tituber
  2. (preceded by en) gerund of tituber

Further reading

Latin

Verb

titubant

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of titubō
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