tolter

English

Etymology

From Middle English *tolteren, from Old English tealtrian (“to totter, vacillate”), from Proto-Germanic *taltrōną, *taltōną (“to sway, dangle, hesitate”), from Proto-Indo-European *del-, *dul- (“to shake, hesitate”). Doublet of totter.

Verb

tolter (third-person singular simple present tolters, present participle toltering, simple past and past participle toltered)

1. (UK, dialect) To flounder about.

Anagrams

• Lotter, lettor, tetrol, tortle