aquiver

Definition

In a state of excitement, trepidation or agitation; quivering.

Etymology

From a- + quiver.

Example Sentences

• "Sighing softly to the river Comes the lonely breeze, Setting Nature all a-quiver, Rustling through the trees,"
• "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."
• "He had gone inland about half a mile when there came suddenly to his trained nostrils the one scent that sets the whole savage jungle aquiver—Tarzan smelled man."