Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Gay; lively; prancing; high-stepping.
  • Shaky; unsteady; ticklish.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Given to tittuping; gay; lively; prancing; also, shaky; unsteady.

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Examples

  • Here came ‘Old Mont,’ tittuppy, and light in the head as ever, no doubt.

    The White Monkey 2004

  • Now, though a good rider, Kate was a remarkably careless whip; and rattling through the town, the ponies shied at something, or nothing, swerved into a cart, and upset the tittuppy little trap in a moment.

    Bluebell A Novel Mrs. George Croft Huddleston

  • Did you ever see such a little tittuppy thing in your life?

    Northanger Abbey 1818

  • Did you ever see such a little tittuppy thing in your life?

    Northanger Abbey Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 1818

  • Did you ever see such a little tittuppy thing in your life?

    Northanger Abbey 1803

  • Did you ever see such a little tittuppy thing in your life?

    Northanger Abbey 1798

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