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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

untottering en · ADJ

Etymology

From un- + tottering.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Not tottering; stable; steadfast.
    • Tied up and twisted; gnarled and knotted with wrinkles; haggardly firm and unyielding; his eyes glowing like coals, that still glow in the ashes of ruin; untottering Ahab stood forth in the clearness of the morn[…] 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC: