trepidant

[ trep-i-duhnt ]

adjective

1. trepid.

Word History and Origins

Origin of trepidant¹

1890–95; < Latin trepidant-, stem of trepidāns, present participle of trepidāre; trepidation, -ant

Example Sentences

Her heart beat in trepidant joy.

From Project Gutenberg

"Nam veluti pueri trepidant, atque omnia cœcis �In tenebris metuunt, sic nos in luce timemus �Interdum, nihilo qu� sunt metuenda magis, quam �Qu� pueri in tenebris pavitant, finguntque futura."

From Project Gutenberg

‘Dum trepidant alae, saltusque indagine cingunt.’

From Project Gutenberg

But herein the enimie was deceived of his expectation, sith the king had great regard of expedition and making speed for the safetie of his own person, wherevnto the earle of March incited him, considering that in delaie is danger, & losse in lingering, as the poet in the like case saith: Tolle moras, nocuit semper differre paratis, Dum trepidant nullo firmatæ robore partes.

From Project Gutenberg

They are substantially those which are familiar to everybody who has read the Third Book of Lucretius’s poem, and remembers those magnificent passages which are not more admirable in their philosophy than they are noble and moving in their poetic expression:— Nam veluti pueri trepidant atque omnia caecis In tenebris metuunt, sic nos in luce timemus Interdum, nilo quae sunt metuenda magis quam Quae pueri in tenebris pavitant finguntque futura.

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