† tolutationn.
Obsolete. rare.
In etymological sense: trotting; but also used by Sir T. Browne, Butler, and others, for ‘ambling’; in later use only as a humorous pedantry.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by speed or gait > [noun] > type(s) of gait > amble
ambling1310
amblerec1380
amblec1405
tolutation1646
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iv. vi. 193 Whether they move per latera, that is, two legs of one side together, which is Tollutation or ambling; or per diametrum,..which is Succussation or trotting. View more context for this quotation
1663 S. Butler Hudibras: First Pt. i. ii. 75 They rode, but Authors having not Determined whether Pace or Trot, (That is to say, whether Tollutation, As they do tearm 't, or Succussation) We leave it, and go on.
1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Tolutation, the act of pacing or ambling.
1796 R. L. Edgeworth in Life (1821) II. 153 You compose in your chaise, and I on horseback, which..is the reason why your lines roll so smoothly, and mine partake so much of Tolutation.
Derivatives
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by speed or gait > [verb (intransitive)] > amble
amble1310
pace1598
pad1724
tolutate1803
singlea1864
single-foot1890
tripple1899
1803 T. G. Fessenden Poet. Petition ii. 39 We'll jog along in plain narration; And tollutate o'er turnpike path.
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the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [noun] > chatter
chirma800
clappingc1386
glavera1400
clapa1420
clackc1440
blabc1460
clattera1500
babble?a1525
babblery1532
pratery1533
clitter-clatter1535
by-talk?1551
prattle1555
prittle-prattle1556
twittle-twattle1565
cacquet1567
prate?1574
prattlement1579
babblement1595
gibble-gabble1600
gabble1602
twattlea1639
tolutiloquence1656
pratement1657
gaggle1668
leden1674
cackle1676
twit-twat1677
clash1685
chit-chat1710
chatter-chitter1711
chitter-chatter1712
palavering1732
hubble-bubble1735
palaver1748
rattle1748
gum1751
mag1778
gabber1780
gammon1781
gash1787
chattery1789
gabber1792
whitter-whatter1805
yabble1808
clacket1812
talky-talky1812
potter1818
yatter1827
blue streak1830
gabblement1831
psilologya1834
chin-music1834
patter1841
jaw1842
chatter1851
brabble1861
tongue-work1866
yacker1882
talkee1885
chelp1891
chattermag1895
whitter1897
burble1898
yap1907
clatfart1913
jive1928
logorrhœa1935
waffle1937
yackety-yacking1953
yack1958
yackety-yack1958
motormouth1976
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Tolutation.., an ambling pace, a going easie... Tolutiloquence.., a smooth or nimble kinde of speaking.
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