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单词 titubation
释义 titubation rare.|tɪtjʊˈbeɪʃən|
[ad. L. titubātiōn-em, n. of action f. titubāre to titubate. So F. titubation (16th c. in Godef. Compl.).]
The action of titubating; staggering, reeling, tottering; unsteadiness in gait or carriage, spec. in Path.; fig. faltering, suspense, perplexity, embarrassment; also, stammering, stuttering (Obs.).
1641R. Dey Two Looks over Lincolne 32 Gentle Reader, to avoyd titubations, correct these errors with a pen.1650S. Clarke Eccl. Hist., Lives Fathers (1654) 590 He went on [with his Lecture] without the least..hesitation in his voice, or titubation of his tongue.1710W. Hume Sacred Succession 288 Stretches, or mutterings, or titubations of charity are not to be argued from.1849Blackw. Mag. LXVI. 106 To follow the titubations of Herr G―'s magic wand, which, in its uncertain route, would skip from Europe to Africa and back again.1910Edin. Rev. Apr. 442 The aimless and besotted titubations of a drunkard.
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