trepidatious

English

Etymology

From, or as if, trepidate +‎ -ious; see trepidation for more.

Adjective

trepidatious (comparative more trepidatious, superlative most trepidatious)

  1. In a state of trepidation; fearful.
    • 1904, Bertram Mitford, The Sirdar's Oath, F. V. White:
      Hilda looked up from the papers she had been busy with as he entered -- in fact, made a guilty and trepdatious attempt at sweeping them out of sight, which suggested a weakness entirely foreign to her.
    • 2020, Sophie Kinsella, Love Your Life, Dial Press, →ISBN:
      He looks a little trepidatious too, and we both laugh awkwardly as he nears me.
    • 2023 February 27, Elle Hunt, “‘Don’t make Frasier best friends with Elon Musk!’ Writers and comics offer their reboot tips”, in The Guardian‎[1], →ISSN:
      Factor in Grammer’s outspoken Trumpism, which complicates the legacy of his defining role, and fans may be forgiven for feeling trepidatious.

Derived terms

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.