totteringn.

Etymology: < totter v. + -ing suffix¹.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈtottering.

The action of totter v.; oscillation, wavering, shaking as if about to fall.

ΘΚΠ

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

totteringa1387

totter1747

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 387 That game is cleped ocillum in Latyn,..of cilleo cilles þat is forto mene toterynge.

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 498/1 Toterynge, or waverynge, vacillacio.

1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry i. f. 40^v The Wayne or Cart must be lyned with sheetes, lest with iogging and tottring of the carryage, the seede fall thorowe.

a1674 Earl of Clarendon Contempl. & Reflexions upon Psalms in Coll. Several Tracts (1727) 280 The prodigious tottering and instability of that [church] they are about to enter.

1890 J. H. Stirling Gifford Lect. xii. 262 If you totter already, the tottering against you of ever so many totterers will only floor you.

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

totteringadj.

Etymology: < totter v. + -ing suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈtottering.

That totters, in various senses of the verb.

ΘΚΠ

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

unquieta1398

vexed?1440

stirred1483

wrought1511

totteringa1535

turmoilous1553

turbulent1573

disturbed1593

trepidat1605

agitated1614

distracted1632

commoving1647

tumultuous1667

jumbling1687

unpacifica1750

uneasy1816

commoved1847

turmoily1877

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

the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [adjective] > having specific manner of walking > unsteady

staggering1575

tottering1801

shauchly1830

staggery1836

dotty1870

lurching1884

a1535 T. More Dialoge of Comfort (1553) iii. xxiiii. sig. T.viii The three feete of thys totteryng stole.

1585 Abp. E. Sandys Serm. xiv. 232 Our tottering boate is tossed in the stormie seas.

1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 642 The tottering wals of Caer-philli Castle.

1700 T. Brown Amusem. Serious & Comical ii. 12 The tottering Earth made them Giddy and Stumble.

1801 R. Southey Thalaba II. ix. 152 She leans on her staff With a tottering step.

1871 Daily News 11 Sept. Enter..next a toddering old man—the feeble father.

1877 W. Black Green Pastures xxxv A tottering white-headed old man.

figurative.1563 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments 980/1 Thys world hath bene, and yet is, a tottering world.1649 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης v. 48 A tottring and giddy Act rather then a settling.1796 E. Burke Two Lett. Peace Regicide Directory France i. 85 The tottering imbecility of a new Government.1870 H. Smart Race for Wife iii. 52 Tottering coronets must be propped by wealthy alliances.

Derivatives

ˈtotteringly adv.

ΘΚΠ

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

totteringly1660

the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [adverb] > unsteadily

lurchingly1837

totteringly1891

1660 N. Ingelo Bentivolio & Urania iii. 133 It seem'd to stand totteringly upon a pitiful foundation.

1891 ‘L. Keith’ Lost Illusion II. xii. 41 An old man totteringly and feebly cleaning a little vegetable-bed.

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

单词	tottering
释义	totteringn. Etymology: < totter v. + -ing suffix¹.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈtottering. The action of totter v.; oscillation, wavering, shaking as if about to fall. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > unsteady movement > [noun] > tottering totteringa1387 totter1747 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 387 That game is cleped ocillum in Latyn,..of cilleo cilles þat is forto mene toterynge. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 498/1 Toterynge, or waverynge, vacillacio. 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry i. f. 40^v The Wayne or Cart must be lyned with sheetes, lest with iogging and tottring of the carryage, the seede fall thorowe. a1674 Earl of Clarendon Contempl. & Reflexions upon Psalms in Coll. Several Tracts (1727) 280 The prodigious tottering and instability of that [church] they are about to enter. 1890 J. H. Stirling Gifford Lect. xii. 262 If you totter already, the tottering against you of ever so many totterers will only floor you. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2021). totteringadj. Etymology: < totter v. + -ing suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈtottering. That totters, in various senses of the verb. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > [adjective] > agitated unquieta1398 vexed?1440 stirred1483 wrought1511 totteringa1535 turmoilous1553 turbulent1573 disturbed1593 trepidat1605 agitated1614 distracted1632 commoving1647 tumultuous1667 jumbling1687 unpacifica1750 uneasy1816 commoved1847 turmoily1877 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 the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [adjective] > having specific manner of walking > unsteady staggering1575 tottering1801 shauchly1830 staggery1836 dotty1870 lurching1884 a1535 T. More Dialoge of Comfort (1553) iii. xxiiii. sig. T.viii The three feete of thys totteryng stole. 1585 Abp. E. Sandys Serm. xiv. 232 Our tottering boate is tossed in the stormie seas. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 642 The tottering wals of Caer-philli Castle. 1700 T. Brown Amusem. Serious & Comical ii. 12 The tottering Earth made them Giddy and Stumble. 1801 R. Southey Thalaba II. ix. 152 She leans on her staff With a tottering step. 1871 Daily News 11 Sept. Enter..next a toddering old man—the feeble father. 1877 W. Black Green Pastures xxxv A tottering white-headed old man. figurative.1563 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments 980/1 Thys world hath bene, and yet is, a tottering world.1649 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης v. 48 A tottring and giddy Act rather then a settling.1796 E. Burke Two Lett. Peace Regicide Directory France i. 85 The tottering imbecility of a new Government.1870 H. Smart Race for Wife iii. 52 Tottering coronets must be propped by wealthy alliances. Derivatives ˈtotteringly adv. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > unsteady movement > [adverb] > tottering totteringly1660 the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [adverb] > unsteadily lurchingly1837 totteringly1891 1660 N. Ingelo Bentivolio & Urania iii. 133 It seem'd to stand totteringly upon a pitiful foundation. 1891 ‘L. Keith’ Lost Illusion II. xii. 41 An old man totteringly and feebly cleaning a little vegetable-bed. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.a1387adj.a1535
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