"Tremulous" (TREM-yuh-lus) – from the Latin for "tremble" – means shaking or quivering. The word is often used to indicate fear or timidity.
Example (as used by Roger Cohen in Hearts Grown Brutal): "With an address for his father at last in his possession, Sead could scarcely contain a tremulous excitement."
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