Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Staggering; tottering; stumbling.

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  • adjective stumbling, staggering; with the movement of one who is tipsy

Etymologies

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From French titubant, present participle of tituber, from Latin titubāre ("falter"), present active infinitive of titubō.

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Examples

  • So, here she went, "titubant" (= staggering) from one cardinal point to the next ... and stopped.

    The French word for plastered drunk... - French Word-A-Day 2010

  • Their loud affirmative voice contrasts strongly with the titubant accents of the intellect.

    The Kasidah of Haji Abdu El-Yezdi 2003

  • At any rate I gave way, muttering something pettish, I expect, and I escorted my titubant doxy, who was now frothing at the mouth, through the crowd which had begun to collect and up to her room on this landing.

    More Work for the Undertaker Allingham, Margery, 1904-1966 1949

  • At any rate I gave way, muttering something pettish, I expect, and I escorted my titubant doxy, who was now frothing at the mouth, through the crowd which had begun to collect and up to her room on this landing.

    More Work for the Undertaker Allingham, Margery, 1904-1966 1949

  • Their loud affirmative voice contrasts strongly with the titubant accents of the intellect.

    The Kasidah of Haji Abdu El-Yezdi Richard Francis Burton 1855

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