NOUNS 1. a stammering, a stuttering ...1641 obs 2. faltering, suspense, perplexity, embarrassment ...1710 3. the act of staggering, reeling, stumbling, or tottering; unsteadiness in gait or carriage ...1849 rare ETYMOLOGY from Latin titubātiōnem, n. of action from titubāre to titubate FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1641 - Two Looks over Lincolne, Richard Dey; see below from E-NED From: The Marrow of Ecclesiastical History.
Contained in the Lives of One Hundred Forty Eight Fathers, Schoolmen, first Reformers, and Modern Divines By Samuel Clarke, 1654 The Life of Peter Martyr, who died Anno Christi 1562 P. 590
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