trepidatiousadj.

Brit.

/ˌtrɛpᵻˈdeɪʃəs/, U.S.

/ˌtrɛpəˈdeɪʃəs/

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Or (ii) formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Latin trepidāt- , trepidāre ; -ious suffix; trepidation n., -ious suffix.

Etymology: Either < classical Latin trepidāt-, past participial stem of trepidāre trepidate v. + -ious suffix, or < trepidat- (in trepidation n.) + -ious suffix. Compare earlier trepidatory adj.

Apprehensive, nervous; filled with trepidation.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > fear > apprehension > [adjective]

doubtingc1425

feared1440

jealous?1533

doubtful1548

pensive1549

solicitous1621

apprehensive1633

trepidatious1904

the mind > emotion > fear > nervousness or uneasiness > [adjective] > nervous

nervous1740

nerve-shaken1818

twitchety1859

nervy1873

trepidatious1904

all of a wonk1918

spooky1926

squirrelly1928

jittery1931

spooked1937

hinky1956

psyched1961

nattery1966

1904 B. Mitford Sirdar's Oath xxvi. 301 Hilda looked up from the papers she had been busy with as he entered—in fact, made a guilty and trepidatious attempt at sweeping them out of sight.

1940 Circleville (Ohio) Herald 18 May 8/5 A trepidatious Europe today remained tense, worried, fearful, for the outcome of what military men predict will be the greatest battle in the history of the world.

1946 L. De La Torre Dr. Sam 47 The little old crone opened for us without any delay, and dropped us a trepidatious curtsey.

1988 Herald (Melbourne) (Nexis) 8 Apr. The trepidatious cook could easily be alarmed by the dash-and-slurp school of instruction which favors handfuls of this and a toss of that.

1999 J. Lethem Motherless Brooklyn 50 The task was identical..and we performed it in the same trepidatious silence.

Derivatives

trepiˈdatiously adv.

ΚΠ

1985 Afr. Affairs 84 191 There are still only few women writers in Africa, and I was trepidatiously interested at the recent conference to hear one of them..take most of them severely to task for all kinds of failures.

2002 D. H. Schleicher Crematorium 72 A young man approached them trepidatiously.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	trepidatious
释义	trepidatiousadj. Brit. /ˌtrɛpᵻˈdeɪʃəs/, U.S. /ˌtrɛpəˈdeɪʃəs/ Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Or (ii) formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Latin trepidāt- , trepidāre ; -ious suffix; trepidation n., -ious suffix. Etymology: Either < classical Latin trepidāt-, past participial stem of trepidāre trepidate v. + -ious suffix, or < trepidat- (in trepidation n.) + -ious suffix. Compare earlier trepidatory adj. Apprehensive, nervous; filled with trepidation. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > apprehension > [adjective] doubtingc1425 feared1440 jealous?1533 doubtful1548 pensive1549 solicitous1621 apprehensive1633 trepidatious1904 the mind > emotion > fear > nervousness or uneasiness > [adjective] > nervous nervous1740 nerve-shaken1818 twitchety1859 nervy1873 trepidatious1904 all of a wonk1918 spooky1926 squirrelly1928 jittery1931 spooked1937 hinky1956 psyched1961 nattery1966 1904 B. Mitford Sirdar's Oath xxvi. 301 Hilda looked up from the papers she had been busy with as he entered—in fact, made a guilty and trepidatious attempt at sweeping them out of sight. 1940 Circleville (Ohio) Herald 18 May 8/5 A trepidatious Europe today remained tense, worried, fearful, for the outcome of what military men predict will be the greatest battle in the history of the world. 1946 L. De La Torre Dr. Sam 47 The little old crone opened for us without any delay, and dropped us a trepidatious curtsey. 1988 Herald (Melbourne) (Nexis) 8 Apr. The trepidatious cook could easily be alarmed by the dash-and-slurp school of instruction which favors handfuls of this and a toss of that. 1999 J. Lethem Motherless Brooklyn 50 The task was identical..and we performed it in the same trepidatious silence. Derivatives trepiˈdatiously adv. ΚΠ 1985 Afr. Affairs 84 191 There are still only few women writers in Africa, and I was trepidatiously interested at the recent conference to hear one of them..take most of them severely to task for all kinds of failures. 2002 D. H. Schleicher Crematorium 72 A young man approached them trepidatiously. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1904
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