titubancyn.

Brit.

/ˈtɪtjᵿb(ə)nsi/, U.S.

/ˈtɪtjəb(ə)nsi/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin titubantia.

Etymology: < classical Latin titubantia unsteadiness (Suetonius; rare) < titubant- , titubāns , present participle of titubāre titubate v. + -ia -y suffix³; compare -ancy suffix. Compare earlier titubation n.

= titubation n. (in various senses).In 19th-century examples with reference to drunkenness: cf. titubant adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [noun] > drunkenness > partial drunkenness

tipsiness1598

titubancy1676

tightness1861

tipsification1864

1676 in M. P. Brown Suppl. Dict. Decisions Court of Session (1826) III. 75 Craigie, before whom the case fell, was much scandalized; his titubancy was, how to reconcile two of the Lords their decreets..interfering and clashing.

1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Titubancy, stuttering, stammering, or missing in one's words.

1800 S. T. Coleridge Coll. Lett. (1956) I. 580 Not that..I felt, after I quitted you, any unpleasantness or titubancy; but because tipsiness has, and has always, one unpleasant effect—that of making me talk very extravagantly.

1829 T. L. Peacock Misfortunes Elphin xi. 145 That amiable state of semi-intoxication which..sets the tongue..tripping, in the double sense of nimbleness and titubancy.

1965 O. Manning Friends & Heroes (1981) xxii. 805 Having reached now the stage of philosophical titubancy which granted him insight into all things.

1986 D. Shields Dead Lang. (1990) xxii. 182 She turned on the tape recorder,..then asked me to tell the abbreviated tale of my titubancy [sc. stammering].

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	titubancy
释义	titubancyn. Brit. /ˈtɪtjᵿb(ə)nsi/, U.S. /ˈtɪtjəb(ə)nsi/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin titubantia. Etymology: < classical Latin titubantia unsteadiness (Suetonius; rare) < titubant- , titubāns , present participle of titubāre titubate v. + -ia -y suffix³; compare -ancy suffix. Compare earlier titubation n. = titubation n. (in various senses).In 19th-century examples with reference to drunkenness: cf. titubant adj. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [noun] > drunkenness > partial drunkenness tipsiness1598 titubancy1676 tightness1861 tipsification1864 1676 in M. P. Brown Suppl. Dict. Decisions Court of Session (1826) III. 75 Craigie, before whom the case fell, was much scandalized; his titubancy was, how to reconcile two of the Lords their decreets..interfering and clashing. 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Titubancy, stuttering, stammering, or missing in one's words. 1800 S. T. Coleridge Coll. Lett. (1956) I. 580 Not that..I felt, after I quitted you, any unpleasantness or titubancy; but because tipsiness has, and has always, one unpleasant effect—that of making me talk very extravagantly. 1829 T. L. Peacock Misfortunes Elphin xi. 145 That amiable state of semi-intoxication which..sets the tongue..tripping, in the double sense of nimbleness and titubancy. 1965 O. Manning Friends & Heroes (1981) xxii. 805 Having reached now the stage of philosophical titubancy which granted him insight into all things. 1986 D. Shields Dead Lang. (1990) xxii. 182 She turned on the tape recorder,..then asked me to tell the abbreviated tale of my titubancy [sc. stammering]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1676
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