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quiversome

quiversome adjective: characterised or marked by quivering.

Adjective

quiversome (comparative more quiversome, superlative most quiversome)

  1. Characterised or marked by quivering.
    • A stroke had paralyzed her and twisted her face so that her lips did not meet evenly, making her kisses quiversome and unpleasant on my cheek.1990, Pablo Medina, Exiled memories: a Cuban childhood, page 66
    • She turned towards the door, leaving Mr Sweetley face to face with that bustle, more quiversome than ever.2012, Edwina Preston, The Inheritance of Ivorie Hammer

Forms of quiversome

comparativemore quiversome
superlativemost quiversome
alternative formquiver-some

Origin of quiversome

From quiver + -some.

Questions about quiversome

What does quiversome mean?
Quiversome means characterised or marked by quivering.
What part of speech is quiversome?
Quiversome is an adjective.

Words near quiversome in the dictionary

  1. quiverish
  2. quiverleaf
  3. quiverness
  4. quivers
  5. quiversful
  6. quiversome
  7. quivertip
  8. quivertips
  9. quivery
  10. Quivira
  11. Quiviran

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