quiversome

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adjective

Characterised or marked by quivering.

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Meanings

adjectivequiversome (comparative more quiversome, superlative most quiversome)

comparative more quiversome · superlative most quiversome · alternative quiver-some

  1. Characterised or marked by quivering.

    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
    2 more examples

    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

    Ig would have lived in the trough tub, but her lips went blue and quiversome after only a few minutes in even tepid water.

    2016, Claire Vaye Watkins, Gold Fame Citrus

Origin

From quiver + -some.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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