aquiver
/əˈkwɪvɚ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.08 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
In a state of excitement, trepidation or agitation; quivering.
Example Sentences
- "Sighing softly to the river Comes the lonely breeze, Setting Nature all a-quiver, Rustling through the trees,"
- "There is no colour line in love, and though a-quiver with ungovernable fright, for Ursula's sake black Woona went graphically through the final death contortions of the poisoned mangy pup."
- "He had gone inland about half a mile when there came suddenly to his trained nostrils the one scent that sets the whole savage jungle aquiver—Tarzan smelled man."
- "He said "Stand and deliver / For I am all aquiver.""
- "Almost the whole continental rim of the Pacific basin is aquiver with earthquakes and fiery with volcanoes, some frequently active, some extinct, some merely sleeping a centuries-long sleep between periods of explosive violence."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- English quiver English aquiver From a- + quiver.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /əˈkwɪvɚ/
- British English: /əˈkwɪvə/