tittuppy

English

Etymology

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. […], volumes (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!
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