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Tremulant

//ˈtɹɛmjʊlənt// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Trembling, tremulous.

    "The night air wrapped them warmly, and the balm of the little breezes that stirred the foliage around them was the smell of damask roses from the garden. . . . She stood by the bench, one hand resting on it; she stood all in the tremulant shadow."

Noun
  1. 1
    A mechanical component of a musical organ, designed to add vibration to the sounds produced by the instrument.

    "The tremulant is a small apparatus that gives to the tone of any department of an organ to which it may be applied a waving or undulating effect."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Medieval Latin tremulāns (“trembling, shaking”), ultimately from Latin tremēre (“to tremble, shake”).

Etymology 2

From Italian tremolante (“trembling, shaking”).

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