tittuppy

English

Etymology

From tittup +‎ -y.

Adjective

tittuppy (comparative more tittuppy, superlative most tittuppy)

1. Given to tittuping; lively; prancing.
2. shaky; unsteady
   • 1803 (date written), [Jane Austen], Northanger Abbey; published in Northanger Abbey: And Persuasion. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: John Murray, […], 20 December 1817 (indicated as 1818), →OCLC:

     Break down! Oh! Lord! Did you ever see such a little tittuppy thing in your life? There is not a sound piece of iron about it. The wheels have been fairly worn out these ten years at least—and as for the body!