"tremorous" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more tremorous [comparative], most tremorous [superlative]
Etymology: Etymology tree English tremor Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English tremorous From tremor + -ous. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|tremor|-ous|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English tremor Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English tremorous [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ōsus", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "-us", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-ous", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ous", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "tremorous", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="tremorous"> From tremor + -ous. Head templates: {{en-adj}} tremorous (comparative more tremorous, superlative most tremorous)
  1. In a tremoring manner. Derived forms: tremorously, tremorousness
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