falteringadj.

Brit.

/ˈfɔːlt(ə)rɪŋ/,

/ˈfɒlt(ə)rɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈfɔlt(ə)rɪŋ/,

/ˈfɑlt(ə)rɪŋ/

Etymology: < falter v.¹ + -ing suffix².

1. That falters; in senses of the verb:

a. of a person, the limbs, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > in state of ill health or diseased > weak

unmightyeOE

unferea1060

unwieldc1220

fade1303

lewc1325

weak1340

fainta1375

sicklyc1374

unwieldyc1386

impotent1390

delicatea1398

lowa1398

unmighta1450

unlustyc1450

low-brought1459

wearyc1480

failed1490

worn1508

caduke?1518

fainty1530

weak1535

debile1536

fluey1545

tewly?1547

faltering1549

puling1549

imbecilec1550

debilitate1552

flash1562

unable1577

unhealthful1595

unabled1597

whindling1601

infirm1608

debilitated1611

bedrid1629

washya1631

silly1636

fluea1645

tender1645

invaletudinary1661

languishant1674

valetudinaire?c1682

puly1688

thriftless1693

unheartya1699

wishy-washy1703

enervate1706

valetudinarian1713

lask1727

wersh1755

palliea1774

wankle1781

asthenic1789

atonic1792

squeal1794

adynamic1803

worn-down1814

totterish1817

asthenical1819

prostrate1820

used up1823

wankya1825

creaky1834

groggy1834

puny1838

imbeciled1840

rickety-rackety1840

muscleless1841

weedy1849

tottery1861

crocky1880

wimbly-wambly1881

ramshackle1889

twitterly1896

twittery1907

wonky1919

strung out1959

the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > [adjective] > feeble or faint

swownc1000

faintc1320

languishinga1325

faltering1549

drooping1553

fainting1558

languished1577

swooning1646

weaka1707

languescent1837

1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. Heb. xii. f. xxiiii Your weake and foltryng knees.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 846 Oft his [sc. Adam's] heart..Misgave him; hee the faultring measure felt.

1744 M. Akenside Pleasures Imagination iii. 210 With faultering feet.

1820 J. Keats Eve of St. Agnes in Lamia & Other Poems 94 Her falt'ring hand upon the balustrade.

1884 J. Colborne With Hicks Pasha in Soudan 178 The poor fellow then staggered on with faltering step.

b. of the voice, tongue, accent. Also of a person speaking, a breeze.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [adjective] > becoming insufficient

faltering1810

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. xi. sig. Nn3 Swelling throbs empeach His foltring toung.

1642 J. Milton Apol. Smectymnuus 3 Speaking deeds against faltering words.

1741 C. Middleton Hist. Life Cicero I. iv. 318 In broken, faultering accents.

1773 O. Goldsmith She stoops to Conquer v. 103 The faultering gentleman, with looks on the ground.

1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake ii. 65 My dull ears catch no faultering breeze.

1878 in G. P. Lathrop Masque of Poets 80 The small sweet voices of the night Begin in faltering music to awake.

2. quasi-adv.= falteringly adv.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > defective or inarticulate speech > [adverb] > with a stammer

drotinglyc1440

stammeringly1545

stuttingly1548

stutteringly1563

falteringa1741

hesitatingly1800

hesitatively1881

a1741 T. Chalkley Wks. (1749) 191 He spoke very low and faultering.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	faltering
释义	falteringadj. Brit. /ˈfɔːlt(ə)rɪŋ/, /ˈfɒlt(ə)rɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈfɔlt(ə)rɪŋ/, /ˈfɑlt(ə)rɪŋ/ Etymology: < falter v.¹ + -ing suffix². 1. That falters; in senses of the verb: a. of a person, the limbs, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > in state of ill health or diseased > weak unmightyeOE unferea1060 unwieldc1220 fade1303 lewc1325 weak1340 fainta1375 sicklyc1374 unwieldyc1386 impotent1390 delicatea1398 lowa1398 unmighta1450 unlustyc1450 low-brought1459 wearyc1480 failed1490 worn1508 caduke?1518 fainty1530 weak1535 debile1536 fluey1545 tewly?1547 faltering1549 puling1549 imbecilec1550 debilitate1552 flash1562 unable1577 unhealthful1595 unabled1597 whindling1601 infirm1608 debilitated1611 bedrid1629 washya1631 silly1636 fluea1645 tender1645 invaletudinary1661 languishant1674 valetudinaire?c1682 puly1688 thriftless1693 unheartya1699 wishy-washy1703 enervate1706 valetudinarian1713 lask1727 wersh1755 palliea1774 wankle1781 asthenic1789 atonic1792 squeal1794 adynamic1803 worn-down1814 totterish1817 asthenical1819 prostrate1820 used up1823 wankya1825 creaky1834 groggy1834 puny1838 imbeciled1840 rickety-rackety1840 muscleless1841 weedy1849 tottery1861 crocky1880 wimbly-wambly1881 ramshackle1889 twitterly1896 twittery1907 wonky1919 strung out1959 the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > [adjective] > feeble or faint swownc1000 faintc1320 languishinga1325 faltering1549 drooping1553 fainting1558 languished1577 swooning1646 weaka1707 languescent1837 1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. Heb. xii. f. xxiiii Your weake and foltryng knees. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 846 Oft his [sc. Adam's] heart..Misgave him; hee the faultring measure felt. View more context for this quotation 1744 M. Akenside Pleasures Imagination iii. 210 With faultering feet. 1820 J. Keats Eve of St. Agnes in Lamia & Other Poems 94 Her falt'ring hand upon the balustrade. 1884 J. Colborne With Hicks Pasha in Soudan 178 The poor fellow then staggered on with faltering step. b. of the voice, tongue, accent. Also of a person speaking, a breeze. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [adjective] > becoming insufficient faltering1810 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. xi. sig. Nn3 Swelling throbs empeach His foltring toung. 1642 J. Milton Apol. Smectymnuus 3 Speaking deeds against faltering words. 1741 C. Middleton Hist. Life Cicero I. iv. 318 In broken, faultering accents. 1773 O. Goldsmith She stoops to Conquer v. 103 The faultering gentleman, with looks on the ground. 1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake ii. 65 My dull ears catch no faultering breeze. 1878 in G. P. Lathrop Masque of Poets 80 The small sweet voices of the night Begin in faltering music to awake. 2. quasi-adv.= falteringly adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > defective or inarticulate speech > [adverb] > with a stammer drotinglyc1440 stammeringly1545 stuttingly1548 stutteringly1563 falteringa1741 hesitatingly1800 hesitatively1881 a1741 T. Chalkley Wks. (1749) 191 He spoke very low and faultering. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > as lemmas ˈfaltering ˈfaltering n. ΚΠ 1614 G. Markham Cheape & Good Husb. (1623) 65 The signes are a foltering in his fore legges. 1621 M. Wroth Countesse of Mountgomeries Urania 172 Some thing made those faultrings in my talke. 1722 W. Sewel Hist. Quakers (1795) I. iv. 290 He..hath long watched for my faultering. 1823 C. Lamb Imperfect Sympathies in Elia 137 He has no falterings of self-suspicion. 1871 Standard 23 Jan. There were occasional natural falterings. extracted from falterv.¹ ˈfaltering ˈfaltering n. (in combinations). ΚΠ 1847–78 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words Faltering-irons. 1869 J. C. Atkinson Peacock's Gloss. Dial. Hundred of Lonsdale Faughtering-iron, an iron used to knock off the beards of barley when thrashed. extracted from falterv.³ < adj.1549 as lemmas
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falteringadj.

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