dithery, a. orig. dial.
(ˈdɪðərɪ)
[f. dither + -y1.]
Dithering, trembling.
| [1866 Mrs. E. Lynn Linton Lizzie Lorton III. ix. 245 A puir lile diddery doddery horphan.] 1887 T. Darlington Folk-Speech S. Cheshire 172, I went queite sick an' dithery. 1931 J. Cannan High Table xi. 175 Learned and famous though he was, he was all dithery over having two young nobodies to dine. 1942 J. D. Carr Seat of Scornful xiii. 135 She'd already sounded all wild and dithery, but now was worse. |