Obs. [f. STUT v.1 + -ING2.] = STUTTERING ppl. a.
1388. Wyclif, Isa. xxxii. 4. The tunge of stuttynge men schal speke swiftli.
1575. Vautroullier, Luther on Ep. Gal. iv. 3, 173. Banish this stutting and stammering Moises farre from thee, with his lawe.
1591. Sylvester, Du Bartas, I. vii. 68. If my dull, stutting, frozen eloquence May dare conjecture of his high intents.
a. 1603. T. Cartwright, Confut. Rhem. N. T. (1618), 650. The stutting tongue of the lisping babe deserueth more favour then the gracious speech of the eloquent man.
Hence † Stuttingly adv.
1548. Cooper, Elyot’s Dict., Titubanter, stameryngly, stuttyngly, vnconstantly.
