titubate
verb/ˈtɪtjʊbeɪt/
Etymology From Latin titubatus, past participle of titubare (“to stagger, totter”).
1
Obsolete To stagger
2
Obsolete To rock or roll, like a curved body on a plane.
3
To stutter, stammer.
- 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.)1993, Anthony Burgess, A Dead Man in Deptford:
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