quaverousadj.

Brit.

/ˈkweɪv(ə)rəs/, U.S.

/ˈkweɪv(ə)rəs/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: quaver v., -ous suffix.

Etymology: < quaver v. + -ous suffix. Compare earlier quavering adj. and also quavery adj.

rare.

Tremulous, quavering.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > quality of voice > [adjective] > tremulous

trillinga1700

quavering1726

quaverous1852

wobbly1873

quavery1890

1852 Harper's Mag. Dec. 78/2 ‘You have been generous’, said she, her voice getting quaverous again.

1918 J. F. Bridge Westm. Pilgrim xi. 146 I can still see two of these old gentlemen..with hardly a quaverous note to mark their years, valiantly voicing ‘I saw lovely Phyllis’.

1996 South China Morning Post (Hong Kong) (Nexis) 25 Oct. 4 Yet, one supposes ‘Remember September’ and the cloying ‘Kneel At Your Feet’ would not have come across as well without that trademark quaverous voice.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	quaverous
释义	quaverousadj. Brit. /ˈkweɪv(ə)rəs/, U.S. /ˈkweɪv(ə)rəs/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: quaver v., -ous suffix. Etymology: < quaver v. + -ous suffix. Compare earlier quavering adj. and also quavery adj. rare. Tremulous, quavering. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > quality of voice > [adjective] > tremulous trillinga1700 quavering1726 quaverous1852 wobbly1873 quavery1890 1852 Harper's Mag. Dec. 78/2 ‘You have been generous’, said she, her voice getting quaverous again. 1918 J. F. Bridge Westm. Pilgrim xi. 146 I can still see two of these old gentlemen..with hardly a quaverous note to mark their years, valiantly voicing ‘I saw lovely Phyllis’. 1996 South China Morning Post (Hong Kong) (Nexis) 25 Oct. 4 Yet, one supposes ‘Remember September’ and the cloying ‘Kneel At Your Feet’ would not have come across as well without that trademark quaverous voice. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1852
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