Trepidant

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Trembling with fear or emotion. rare

    "The good old Duke – no, the General, called me all trepidant to him, smiled, asked my age and service, liked the wire, and passed into the village."

  2. 2
    Marked by trembling or tremor. archaic

Example

More examples

"The good old Duke – no, the General, called me all trepidant to him, smiled, asked my age and service, liked the wire, and passed into the village."

Etymology

From Latin trepidāntem.

Related phrases

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.