- floterian
- wv/t2 to flutter, fly, flicker; float, be carried or tossed by waves
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
floterian
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flutter — I. verb Etymology: Middle English floteren to float, flutter, from Old English floterian, frequentative of flotian to float; akin to Old English flēotan to float more at fleet Date: before 12th century intransitive verb 1. to flap the wings… … New Collegiate Dictionary
pleu- — To flow. Derivatives include pulmonary, Pluto, flow, fowl, flutter, and fluster. I. Basic form *pleu . 1. plover, pluvial, pluvious … Universalium
flatter — flatter1 flatterable, adj. flatterer, n. flatteringly, adv. /flat euhr/, v.t. 1. to try to please by complimentary remarks or attention. 2. to praise or compliment insincerely, effusively, or excessively: She flatters him by constantly praising… … Universalium
flutter — flutterer, n. flutteringly, adv. /flut euhr/, v.i. 1. to wave, flap, or toss about: Banners fluttered in the breeze. 2. to flap the wings rapidly; fly with flapping movements. 3. to move in quick, irregular motions; vibrate. 4. to beat rapidly,… … Universalium
Flutter — is a rapid vibration or pulsation. The difference between flutter and fibrillation is that flutter is well organized while fibrillation is not. For example, atrial flutter consists of well organized but over rapid contractions of the atrium of… … Medical dictionary
flotorian — see floterian … Old to modern English dictionary
flutter — flut|ter1 [ˈflʌtə US ər] v [: Old English; Origin: floterian] 1.) [I and T] if a bird or insect flutters, or if it flutters its wings, it flies by moving its wings lightly up and down ▪ A small bird fluttered past the window. 2.) to make small… … Dictionary of contemporary English
float — [OE] Germanic *fleut , which produced English fleet, had the so called ‘weak grades’ (that is, variant forms which because they were weakly stressed had different vowels) *flot and *flut . The former was the source of Germanic *flotōjan, which… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
flutter — O.E. floterian to flutter, fly, flicker, float to and fro, be tossed by waves, frequentative of flotian to float (see FLOAT (Cf. float) (v.)). Related: Fluttered; fluttering. As a noun from 1640s; meaning state of excitement is 1740s … Etymology dictionary
flutter — verb 1》 fly unsteadily by flapping the wings quickly and lightly. 2》 move or fall with a light irregular motion. 3》 (of a pulse or heartbeat) beat feebly or irregularly. noun 1》 an act or instance of fluttering. ↘a state or sensation of… … English new terms dictionary
