a. rare. [ad. L. titubāntem, pr. pple. of titubāre to TITUBATE.] Staggering, reeling, unsteady; transf. and fig. stammering; rollicking, tipsy; uncertain, hesitating, wavering.
1817. T. L. Peacock, Melincourt, v. Sir Oran’s mode of progression being very vacillating, indirect, and titubant.
1836. Fraser’s Mag., XIV. 204. Dryden’s … frequently rollicking and titubant progress through the Æneid.
1875. Anderida, II. iii. 52. His tongue was as titubant as his gait.
1880. F. Hall, Dr. Indoctus, 61. Not the titubant, perplexed, nerveless, and hide-bound English of half-educated, scruple-mongering, provincial pedantry.
Hence Titubantly adv., rare–1, in a titubant manner, stammeringly.
1861. R. F. Burton, City of Saints, v. 317. The discourse began slowly, word crept titubantly after word.
