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quaverous

quaverous adjective: quavery.

Adjective

quaverous (comparative more quaverous, superlative most quaverous)

  1. quavery
    • Now slows the beat of Summer's dancing pulse; / Her voice has weak and quaverous undertones […]a. 1918, Wilfred Owen, The Dread of Falling into Naught

Forms of quaverous

comparativemore quaverous
superlativemost quaverous

Origin of quaverous

From quaver + -ous.

Questions about quaverous

What does quaverous mean?
Quaverous means quavery.
What part of speech is quaverous?
Quaverous is an adjective.

Words near quaverous in the dictionary

  1. quaverers
  2. quaveriness
  3. quavering
  4. quaveringly
  5. quaverings
  6. quaverous
  7. quavers
  8. quavery
  9. quaves
  10. quaving
  11. quaw

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