Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for TREM'U-LOUS
TREM'U-LOUS, a. [L. tremulus, from tremo, to tremble.]
Trembling; affected with fear or timidity; as, a trembling Christian. Decay of Piety. Shaking; shivering; quivering; as, a tremulous limb; a tremulous motion of the hand or the lips; the tremulous leaf of this poplar. Holder. Thomson.
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