titubate
English
Etymology
From Latin titubatus, past participle of titubare (“to stagger, totter”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɪtjʊbeɪt/
Verb
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
Translations
to stagger
to stutter
Further reading
- “titubate”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Italian
Etymology 1
Verb
titubate
- inflection of titubare:
- second-person plural present indicative
- second-person plural imperative
Etymology 2
Participle
titubate f pl
- feminine plural of titubato
Anagrams
Latin
Verb
titubāte
- second-person plural present active imperative of titubō
Spanish
Verb
titubate