pavid

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/ˈpæ.vɪd/

adjective

fearful, timid

OriginLatin pavidus ← Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- →
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Meanings

adjectivepavid (comparative more pavid, superlative most pavid)

comparative more pavid · superlative most pavid

  1. fearful, timid

    Their multitudes might inspire even their pavid nature with courage to attack, and brought to my fancy the fate of that unhappy prisoner who, thrown into a blind dungeon, was in one night literally devoured by rats.

    1843, William Harrison Ainsworth, Ainsworth's Magazine

Origin

  1. Latinpaveō
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  3. Latinpavidus
  4. Englishpavid

From Latin pavidus, from paveō (“to fear”).

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APA

pavid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pavid

MLA

“pavid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pavid. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pavid,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pavid.

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