† totteredadj.

/ˈtɒtəd/

Etymology: Originally a variant of tattered adj., and used in that sense (compare Norwegian dialect totra rag); subsequently associated with totter v., and more or less assimilated in sense.

Obsolete.

1. = tattered adj. 2, 3.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing ragged or tattered clothing

tattered1340

fitteredc1380

renta1382

raggedc1390

fortattereda1500

seam-rent1548

shake-ragged1550

tottered1570

beragged1611

betattered1618

shagged1622

tagged1631

duddy1718

the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > by loss of material or wasted > worn > tattered

tottered1570

tatteringc1580

tattered1596

tatterly1739

tatteryc1843

1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) II. 1357/1 He..was not so disguised in hys tottered attyre, but that hys countenaunce gaue signification [etc.].

1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 iv. ii. 34 A hundred and fiftie tottered prodigals, latelie come from swine keeping.

1657 S. Purchas Theatre Flying-insects 118 [They] have their wings tottered and torn.

1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xvii. 138 The ragged and tottred Equipage of her Person.

2. Of a building or a ship: Battered and shaken, rendered ruinous and liable to fall; in a tottering condition.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > dilapidated or ruinous

brychec1000

forcrazedc1320

falling-downc1384

ruinousc1384

forwordenc1450

ruin1467

failed1490

ruinatea1538

ruinated1555

ruined1560

ragged1565

dilapidate1590

through-shot1596

tattered1599

tottered1615

dilapidateda1806

delabrated1813

broken-down1816

tumble-down1819

run-down1832

tumblyc1855

raggedy1921

shot through1926

shot to hell or pieces1926

raddled1949

1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 178 A tottered Tower doth challenge regard for the waste receiued in that places protection.

1649–50 in H. J. F. Swayne Churchwardens' Accts. Sarum (1896) 221 Carpenter pulling down y^e tottered seiling over y^e East end of the Chancell.

1689 W. Sherlock Pract. Disc. Death (1715) 26 Merciless waves even overwhelm his tottered and decayed vessel.

1808 W. Scott Marmion iv. xi. 196 Thy turrets rude, and tottered Keep, Have been the minstrel's loved resort.

3. Made to totter, shaken, reeling. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > unsteady movement > [adjective] > tottering

tolter1423

totterc1480

totteringa1535

cockering1553

tottered1626

cockling1634

nodding1693

cockery1825

cocklety1828

rickety1832

cockly1859

cockerty1895

1626 G. Sandys tr. Ovid Metamorphosis xv. 317 The hot horses..O'r ragged rocks the totterd charriot driue: While I to curb their furie vainly striue.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	tottered
释义	† totteredadj. /ˈtɒtəd/ Etymology: Originally a variant of tattered adj., and used in that sense (compare Norwegian dialect totra rag); subsequently associated with totter v., and more or less assimilated in sense. Obsolete. 1. = tattered adj. 2, 3. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing ragged or tattered clothing tattered1340 fitteredc1380 renta1382 raggedc1390 fortattereda1500 seam-rent1548 shake-ragged1550 tottered1570 beragged1611 betattered1618 shagged1622 tagged1631 duddy1718 the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > by loss of material or wasted > worn > tattered tottered1570 tatteringc1580 tattered1596 tatterly1739 tatteryc1843 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) II. 1357/1 He..was not so disguised in hys tottered attyre, but that hys countenaunce gaue signification [etc.]. 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 iv. ii. 34 A hundred and fiftie tottered prodigals, latelie come from swine keeping. View more context for this quotation 1657 S. Purchas Theatre Flying-insects 118 [They] have their wings tottered and torn. 1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xvii. 138 The ragged and tottred Equipage of her Person. 2. Of a building or a ship: Battered and shaken, rendered ruinous and liable to fall; in a tottering condition. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > dilapidated or ruinous brychec1000 forcrazedc1320 falling-downc1384 ruinousc1384 forwordenc1450 ruin1467 failed1490 ruinatea1538 ruinated1555 ruined1560 ragged1565 dilapidate1590 through-shot1596 tattered1599 tottered1615 dilapidateda1806 delabrated1813 broken-down1816 tumble-down1819 run-down1832 tumblyc1855 raggedy1921 shot through1926 shot to hell or pieces1926 raddled1949 1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 178 A tottered Tower doth challenge regard for the waste receiued in that places protection. 1649–50 in H. J. F. Swayne Churchwardens' Accts. Sarum (1896) 221 Carpenter pulling down y^e tottered seiling over y^e East end of the Chancell. 1689 W. Sherlock Pract. Disc. Death (1715) 26 Merciless waves even overwhelm his tottered and decayed vessel. 1808 W. Scott Marmion iv. xi. 196 Thy turrets rude, and tottered Keep, Have been the minstrel's loved resort. 3. Made to totter, shaken, reeling. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > unsteady movement > [adjective] > tottering tolter1423 totterc1480 totteringa1535 cockering1553 tottered1626 cockling1634 nodding1693 cockery1825 cocklety1828 rickety1832 cockly1859 cockerty1895 1626 G. Sandys tr. Ovid Metamorphosis xv. 317 The hot horses..O'r ragged rocks the totterd charriot driue: While I to curb their furie vainly striue. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < adj.1570
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