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Definition of Tremulous

1. Adjective. (of the voice) quivering as from weakness or fear. "Spoke timidly in a tremulous voice"

Definition of Tremulous

1. a. Shaking; shivering; quivering; as, a tremulous limb; a tremulous motion of the hand or the lips; the tremulous leaf of the poplar.

Definition of Tremulous

1. Adjective. trembling, quivering or shaking ¹

2. Adjective. timid or unconfident ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tremulous

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Tremulous

1. 1. Shaking; shivering; quivering; as, a tremulous limb; a tremulous motion of the hand or the lips; the tremulous leaf of the poplar. 2. Affected with fear or timidity; trembling. "The tender, tremulous Christian." (Dr. H. More) Trem"ulously, Trem"ulousness. Origin: L. Tremulus, fr. Tremere to tremble. See Tremble. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tremulous

Literary usage of Tremulous

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Advanced Part of A Treatise on the Dynamics of a System of Rigid Bodies by Edward John Routh (1905)
"330. smooth and tremulous Motion. We have supposed the system to be capable of moving in some ... The mean motion then appears to the eye to bo tremulous. ..."

2. A Treatise on the Practice of Medicine by George Bacon Wood (1855)
"A tremulous uncertain pulsation of the heart may he felt by the hand in the cardiac region. Should the patient survive long, hypertrophy or dilatation is ..."

3. A Practical treatise on the diseases of the eye by William Mackenzie, Thomas Wharton Jones (1855)
"1844, p. 409. Bruxelles, 1850. SECTION III.—tremulous IRIS. Syn. ... which the iris is affected, on every movement of the eye, with a peculiar tremulous or ..."

4. The Seasons by James Thomson, Patrick Murdoch (1842)
"As thus the effulgence tremulous I drink With cherish'd gaze, the lambent lightnings shoot Across the sky ; or horizontal dart, In wondrous shapes — by ..."

5. The Seasons by James Thomson, Patrick Murdoch (1842)
"As thus the effulgence tremulous I drink With cherish'd gaze, the lambent lightnings shoot Across the sky ; or horizontal dart, In wondrous shapes — by ..."

6. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1849)
"Making them tremulous, when not a breeze Disturbs the airy thistle down, or shakes The light lines of the shining gossamer. ..."

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