英和和英

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɪtjʊbeɪt/

動詞

titubate (三人称単数 現在形 titubates, 現在分詞 titubating, 過去形および過去分詞形 titubated)

1. (obsolete) To stagger
2. (obsolete) To rock or roll, like a curved body on a plane.
3. To stutter, stammer.
   • 1993, Anthony Burgess, A Dead Man in Deptford:

     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.)

関連する語

• titubation

Further reading

• “titubate” in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary.

Latin

動詞

titubāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of titubō