See Also: contund(dictionary)

halting (oh) and contund (iou)


halting (oh)



[Date: 1300-1400; Origin: halt 'to walk with difficulty', from Old English healtian]
if your speech or movements are halting, you stop for a moment between words or movements, especially because you are not confident
-synonym hesitant hesitant
ˇˇWe carried on a rather halting conversation.
-- haltingly adv

contund (iou)



contund verb trans. LME.
[Latin contundere, formed as CON- + tundere beat, thump.]
Pound, beat small. Now rare or obsolete. LME.
Bruise; beat, thrash. Now only joc. M17.