• Pavid

    Origin

    Latin pavere, to fear

    Full definition of pavid

    Adjective

    pavid

    1. fearful, timid
      • 1843 William Harrison Ainsworth - Ainsworth's MagazineTheir multitudes might inspire even their pavid nature with courage to attack, and brought to my fancy the fate of that unhappy prisoner who, thrown into a blind dungeon, was in one night literally devoured by rats.

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