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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1676
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Titubancy, n. [Late L. titubāntia, f. as Titubat,v.] Uncertainty, vacillation. — 1676 M. P. Brown Suppl. Decis. III 75.
Craigie, before whom the case fell, was much scandalized; his titubancy was, how to reconcile two of the Lords their decreets … interfering and clashing
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