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.).

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1641.  R. Dey, Two Looks over Lincolne, 32. Gentle Reader, to avoyd titubations, correct these errors with a pen.

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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.

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1710.  W. Hume, Sacred Succession, 288. Stretches, or mutterings, or titubations of charity are not to be argued from.

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1849.  Blackw. Mag., LXVI. 106. To follow the titubations of Herr G——’s magic wand, which, in its uncertain route, would skip from Europe to Africa and back again.

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1910.  Edin. Rev., April, 442. The aimless and besotted titubations of a drunkard.

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