pavid
English
Etymology
(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin pavere (“to fear”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
pavid (comparative more pavid, superlative most pavid)
- fearful, timid
- 1843 William Harrison Ainsworth - Ainsworth's Magazine
- Their multitudes might inspire even their pavid nature with courage to attack, and brought to my fancy the fate of that unhappy prisoner who, thrown into a blind dungeon, was in one night literally devoured by rats.
- 1843 William Harrison Ainsworth - Ainsworth's Magazine