tottery

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English

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Etymology

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From totter +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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tottery (comparative totterier or more tottery, superlative totteriest or most tottery)

  1. Tending to totter.
    • 1911, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 11, page 236:
      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.