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tottery

adj
/ˈtɒtəɹɪ/UK

Etymology

From totter + -y.

  1. derived from *del-✻
  2. derived from *taltōną✻ — “to sway, dangle, hesitate”
  3. inherited from *taltrōną✻
  4. inherited from tealtrian — “to totter, vacillate”
  5. inherited from totren
  6. suffixed as tottery — “totter + y”

Definitions

  1. Tending to totter.

    • The other two […] hobbled along bent double and supporting their tottery steps on staves to mark the weight of years; for they played the part of two medicine-men of venerable age and great magical power.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA