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/tot"euh ree/, adj.tottering; shaky.[1745-55; TOTTER + -Y1]
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Tottery — Tot ter*y, a. Trembling or vaccilating, as if about to fall; unsteady; shaking. Johnson. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
tottery — (adj.) 1861, from TOTTER (Cf. totter) + Y (Cf. y) (2) … Etymology dictionary
tottery — totter ► VERB 1) move in an unsteady way. 2) shake or rock as if about to collapse. 3) be insecure or on the point of failure. ► NOUN ▪ a tottering gait. DERIVATIVES tottery adjective. ORIGIN … English terms dictionary
tottery — adjective unsteady in gait as from infirmity or old age a tottering skeleton of a horse a tottery old man • Syn: ↑tottering • Similar to: ↑unsteady … Useful english dictionary
tottery — adjective Date: circa 1755 of an infirm or precarious nature … New Collegiate Dictionary
tottery — Synonyms and related words: anile, battered, beat up, beaten up, broken down, crabbed, debilitated, decrepit, derelict, dilapidated, doddered, doddering, doddery, doubtful, dubious, feeble, fossilized, gerontal, gerontic, groggy, in ruins, infirm … Moby Thesaurus
tottery — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Not physically steady or firm: precarious, rickety, shaky, tottering, unstable, unsteady, wobbly. See FLEXIBLE. 2. Lacking stability: infirm, insecure, precarious, shaky, tottering, unstable, unsteady, unsure,… … English dictionary for students
tottery — adj. unsteady; weak … English contemporary dictionary
tottery — tot·tery … English syllables
tottery — tot•ter•y [[t]ˈtɒt ə ri[/t]] adj. tottering; shaky • Etymology: 1745–55 … From formal English to slang
