tutonic.html - n. & v.
--n.

1 a private teacher, esp. in general charge of a person's education.
2 a university teacher supervising the studies or welfare of assigned undergraduates.
3 Brit. a book of instruction in a subject.

--v.

1 tr. act as a tutor to.
2 intr. work as a tutor.
3 tr. restrain, discipline.
4 intr. US receive tuition.

tutorage n. tutorship n. [ME f. AF, OF tutour or L tutor f. tueri tut- watch]

tutonic.html - adj. & n.
--adj.

of or relating to a tutor or tuition.

--n.

a period of individual tuition given by a tutor.

tutorially adv. [L tutorius (as TUTOR)]

tutonic.html - {interj.}, {informal} Used to express mild disapproval. * /"Tut-tut," said the teacher. "You shouldn't cross the street without looking."/ * /Tut-tut, put that piece of candy back. You've already had three pieces./

tutonic.html - var. of TUT-TUT.

tutonic.html - int., n., & v.
(also tut) --int.

expressing rebuke, impatience, or contempt.

--n.

such an exclamation.

--v.

intr. (-tutted, -tutting) exclaim this. [imit. of a click of the tongue against the teeth]

tutonic.html - n.
1 guardianship.
2 the state or duration of being under this.
3 instruction, tuition. [L tutela f. tueri tuit- or tut- watch]