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titubation

[ tich-oo-bey-shuhn ]

noun

Pathology.
  1. a disturbance of body equilibrium in standing or walking, resulting in an uncertain gait and trembling, especially resulting from diseases of the cerebellum.


titubation

/ ËŒ³Ùɪ³ÙÂáʊˈ²ú±ðɪʃə²Ô /

noun

  1. a disordered gait characterized by stumbling or staggering, often caused by a lesion of the cerebellum
  2. Also calledlingual titubation stuttering or stammering
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ³Ù¾±³Ù·³Ü·²ú²¹²Ô³Ù [tich, -, oo, -b, uh, nt], adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of titubation1

1635–45; < Latin ³Ù¾±³Ù³Ü²úÄå³Ù¾±Å²Ô- (stem of ³Ù¾±³Ù³Ü²úÄå³Ù¾±Å ) a staggering, equivalent to ³Ù¾±³Ù³Ü²úÄå³Ù ( us ), past participle of ³Ù¾±³Ù³Ü²úÄå°ù±ð to stagger + -¾±Å²Ô- -ion
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of titubation1

C17: from Latin ³Ù¾±³Ù³Ü²úÄå³Ù¾±Å, from ³Ù¾±³Ù³Ü²úÄå°ù±ð to reel
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I should appreciate still more,†he bowed, as he handed her a bill of fare of the journalistic proportions of the usual hotel menu, “if you would make a choice of refreshment, that we may dispense with the somewhat pathological presence of our young friend here,†he indicated the waiter afflicted with the jerking and titubation of a badly strung puppet.

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As the camels and dromedaries of a caravan, continued Pantagruel, use to drink for the thirst that's past, for the present, and for that to come, so did Hercules; and being thus excessively raised, this gave new motion to the sky, which is that of titubation and trepidation, about which our crackbrained astrologers make such a pother.

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