rare. [ad. L. titubātiōn-em, n. of action f. titubāre to TITUBATE. So F. titubation (16th c. in Godef., Compl.).] The action of titubating; staggering, reeling, tottering; unsteadiness in gait or carriage, spec. in Path.; fig. faltering, suspense, perplexity, embarrassment; also, † stammering, stuttering (obs.).
1641. R. Dey, Two Looks over Lincolne, 32. Gentle Reader, to avoyd titubations, correct these errors with a pen.
1650. S. Clarke, Eccl. Hist., Lives Fathers (1654), 590. He went on [with his Lecture] without the least hesitation in his voice, or titubation of his tongue.
1710. W. Hume, Sacred Succession, 288. Stretches, or mutterings, or titubations of charity are not to be argued from.
1849. Blackw. Mag., LXVI. 106. To follow the titubations of Herr Gs magic wand, which, in its uncertain route, would skip from Europe to Africa and back again.
1910. Edin. Rev., April, 442. The aimless and besotted titubations of a drunkard.