tottery

English

Etymology

totter + -y

Pronunciation

Adjective

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.
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