† quassativeadj.
Obsolete. rare.
Given to shaking or trembling.
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > vibration > [adjective] > shaking > characterized by or inclined to
quassativea1632
succussive1742
shimmery1859
quaky1860
shaky1860
a1632 T. Middleton & J. Webster Any Thing for Quiet Life (1662) iii. sig. E2 A French-mans heart is more quassitive and subject to tremor, then an English-mans.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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adj.a1632- two two-striper
- two twostriper
- two wrongs don't make a right
- two year and two year
- two's company
- two's company, three's a crowd
- two's company, three's none
- two, threegrained
- two- etc seater
- two- seater
- two- three- seater
- two-, three-grained
- two-address
- two-and-a-half striper
- two-and-a-half-inch
- two-and-fiftieth
- two-and-thirty
- two-and-thirty, a pip out
- two-and-twentieth
- two-and-two
- two-anna
- two-arched
- two-armed
- two-at-length
- two-backed beast