Trepidancy
//ˈtɹɛpɪdənsi// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Trembling caused by fear or nervous agitation. rare, uncountable
"In the manner of my friend I was at once struck with an incoherence—an inconsistency; and I soon found this to arise from a series of feeble and futile struggles to overcome an habitual trepidancy—an excessive nervous agitation."
Example
More examples"In the manner of my friend I was at once struck with an incoherence—an inconsistency; and I soon found this to arise from a series of feeble and futile struggles to overcome an habitual trepidancy—an excessive nervous agitation."
Etymology
From trepidant + -cy.
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