falter
11Falter — Falter, soviel wie Schmetterlinge, im engern Sinn Tagfalter, auch Dämmerungsfalter oder Schwärmer, Abteilungen der Schmetterlinge (s.d.). Das Wort F. (mittelhochd. vîvalter, zwîfalter, mundartl. Zweigsfalter, Zweifelsfalter etc.) wurde erst im 19 …
12Falter — Falter, s. Schmetterling …
13falter — index beat (pulsate), doubt (hesitate), hesitate, oscillate, vacillate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
14Falter — ⇒ Lepidoptera …
15Falter — Falter,der:⇨Schmetterling FalterSchmetterling,Schuppenflügler,Motte;poet.:Sommervogel …
16falter — mid 14c., of unknown origin, possibly from a Scandinavian source (Cf. O.N. faltrask be burdened, hesitate, be troubled ), or a frequentative of M.E. falden to fold, influenced by fault. Related: Faltered; faltering …
17falter — vb waver, vacillate, *hesitate Analogous words: flinch, blench, *recoil, quail, shrink: fluctuate, oscillate, *swing: *shake, tremble, quake, shudder Contrasted words: *persevere, persist: resolve, determine, * …
18falter — [v] stumble, stutter be undecided, bobble, break, drop the ball*, flounder, fluctuate, fluff, halt, hem and haw*, hesitate, lurch, quaver, reel, rock, roll, scruple, shake, speak haltingly, stagger, stammer, stub toe*, teeter, topple, totter,… …
19falter — ► VERB 1) lose strength or momentum. 2) move or speak hesitantly. DERIVATIVES falterer noun faltering adjective. ORIGIN perhaps from FOLD(Cf. ↑foldable) (which was occasionally used of the faltering of the legs or tongue) …
20Falter — Schmetterling * * * Fal|ter [ faltɐ], der; s, : Schmetterling: der Falter flattert durch die Luft. * * * Fạl|ter 〈m. 3; Zool.〉 = Schmetterling (1) ● TagFalter; NachtFalter [<ahd. vivaltra <germ. *fifaldron , eigtl. „die Flügel schwingend“; …
