tittuppy
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]tittuppy (comparative more tittuppy, superlative most tittuppy)
- Given to tittuping; lively; prancing.
- 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!