aquiver

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English

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Etymology

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From a- +‎ quiver.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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aquiver (not comparable)

  1. In a state of excitement, trepidation or agitation; quivering.
    • 1879, W[illiam] S[chwenck] Gilbert, Arthur Sullivan, composer, H.M.S. Pinafore;  [], San Francisco: Bacon & Company,  [], →OCLC, page 35:
      Sighing softly to the river
      Comes the lonely breeze,
      Setting Nature all a-quiver,
      Rustling through the trees,
    • 1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 279:
      There is no colour line in love, and though a-quiver with ungovernable fright, for Ursula's sake black Woona went graphically through the final death contortions of the poisoned mangy pup.
    • 1926, R.P. Weston, Bert Lee, What I Want is a Proper Cup of Coffee:
      He said "Stand and deliver / For I am all aquiver."
    • 1961, Rachel Carson, The Sea Around Us[1], revised edition, New York: Oxford University Press, Part 1, p. 66:
      Almost the whole continental rim of the Pacific basin is aquiver with earthquakes and fiery with volcanoes, some frequently active, some extinct, some merely sleeping a centuries-long sleep between periods of explosive violence.