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English word origin

Etymology of atilt

From a- + tilt.

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Unnumbered source etymology

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adj

At an angle from the vertical or horizontal.

adv

At an angle from the vertical or horizontal; at the point of falling over. · Tilting or as if tilting (charging with a lance, like a knight on horseback in a joust).

prep

Diagonally over or across.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

From a- + tilt.

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