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waverous

waverous adjective: wavering; unsteady.

Adjective

waverous (comparative more waverous, superlative most waverous)

  1. (rare) wavering; unsteady
    • Kolomyja tired of laughing and of howling; below my windows waverous footsteps and unsteady voices fell a prey to distance.1892, Ménie Muriel Dowie, A Girl in the Karpathians, page 10

Forms of waverous

comparativemore waverous
superlativemost waverous

Questions about waverous

What does waverous mean?
Waverous means wavering; unsteady.
What part of speech is waverous?
Waverous is an adjective.

Words near waverous in the dictionary

  1. waveringness
  2. waverings
  3. Waverley
  4. Waverleyan
  5. Waverly
  6. waverous
  7. wavers
  8. waversome
  9. Waverton
  10. Wavertree
  11. waverunner

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