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pavid

[pav-id]
adjective
  1. timid; afraid; fearful; frightened.
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Origin of pavid

1650–60; < Latin pavidus trembling, timid, derivative of pavēre to quake; see -id4
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Historical Examples of pavid

  • The clergy, a pavid flock, chattered their fears between the mouthfuls.

    Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln

    Charles L. Marson

  • Like a pavid kid in the talons of an eagle, that young creature trembled in his huge Milesian grasp.

    The Christmas Books

    William Makepeace Thackeray

British Dictionary definitions for pavid

pavid

adjective
  1. rare fearful; timid
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Word Origin for pavid

C17: from Latin pavidus fearful, from pavēre to tremble with fear
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