atremble

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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adj

"When the poplar leaves atremble Turn their edges to the light,"
"To Jurgis this man’s whole presence reeked of the crime he had committed; the touch of his body […] set every nerve of him a-tremble […]"
"[…] he beheld a tear a-tremble on her eyelid."
"When her stomach felt better (but her legs were all atremble again, something lost, something gained), she looked at herself in the bathroom mirror."

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- English tremble English atremble From a- + tremble.

aquiver

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What does atremble mean?

Trembling.

Where does atremble come from?

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- English tremble English atremble From a- + tremble.

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