Tremulous
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈtrɛmjuləs/
Origin
From Latin tremulus, from tremÅ ("I shake"). Cognate to Ancient Greek Ï„ÏÎμω.
Full definition of tremulous
Adjective
tremulous
- Trembling, quivering, or shaking.
- 1850, Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter, ch. 3:The trying nature of his position drove the blood from his cheek, and made his lips tremulous.
- 1919, William MacLeod Raine, A Man Four-Square, ch. 27:"Thank God!" he cried brokenly, all the pent emotion of the long night vibrant in his tremulous voice.
- 1956, w, Crime out of Mind Chapter 12, Light filtered in through the blinds of the french windows. It made tremulous stripes along the scrubbed pine floor.
- Timid, hesitant, or unconfident.
- 1891, Grant Allen, The Great Taboo, ch. 15:"You have lived here long?" Felix asked, with tremulous interest, as he took a seat.
- 2009 Oct. 7, Christopher Kimball, "Opinion: Gourmet to All That," New York Times (retrieved 18 Aug 2012)This, hard on the heels of the death of Julia Child in 2004, makes one tremulous about the future.