aquiver

[uh-kwiv-er]

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adjective

in a state of trepidation or vibrant agitation; trembling; quivering (usually used predicatively): The bamboo thicket was aquiver with small birds and insects. The exciting news set me aquiver.

Origin of aquiver

First recorded in 1880–85; a-¹ + quiver¹

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Related Words for aquiver

excited, quaky, quivering, quivery, shaking, shaky, shivery, tremulant, trembling

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Historical Examples of aquiver

Besides, his late contact with Tessibel Skinner had left him aquiver.
The Secret of the Storm Country
Grace Miller White
The entire audience was aquiver with suspense, keen to the point of anguish.
The Surprises of Life
Georges Clemenceau
The marchesa entered all aquiver: she had thoughts of witchcraft.
The Law Inevitable
Louis Couperus
The next day, he finds the boy all aquiver and covered with pimples.
Contemporary Russian Novelists
Serge Persky
Her heart seemed beating in her throat, and every fibre of her being was aquiver.
Marriage
H. G. Wells

Word Origin and History for aquiver

adv.

1864, from a- (1) + quiver (v.).