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trep⋅i⋅da⋅tion

[trep-i-dey-shuhn]
–noun
1. tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation.
2. trembling or quivering movement; tremor.

Origin:
1595–1605; < L trepidātiōn- (s. of trepidātiō), equiv. to trepidāt(us) (ptp. of trepidāre to hurry, alarm; see trepid, -ate 1 ) + -iōn- -ion


1. trembling, fright. 2. quivering, shaking.
trep·i·da·tion   (trěp'ĭ-dā'shən)   
n.  
  1. A state of alarm or dread; apprehension. See Synonyms at fear.
  2. An involuntary trembling or quivering.

[Latin trepidātiō, trepidātiōn-, from trepidātus, past participle of trepidāre, to be in a state of confusion, from trepidus, anxious.]
trep'i·da'tious (-shəs) adj.

Trepidation

Trep`i*da"tion\, n. [F. tr['e]pidation, L. trepidatio, fr. trepidare to hurry with alarm, to tremble, from trepidus agitated, disturbed, alarmed; cf. trepit he turns, Gr. ? to turn, E. torture.]

1. An involuntary trembling, sometimes an effect of paralysis, but usually caused by terror or fear; quaking; quivering.

2. Hence, a state of terror or alarm; fear; confusion; fright; as, the men were in great trepidation.

3. (Anc. Astron.) A libration of the starry sphere in the Ptolemaic system; a motion ascribed to the firmament, to account for certain small changes in the position of the ecliptic and of the stars.

Syn: Tremor; agitation; disturbance; fear.

trepidation 
1605, from L. trepidationem (nom. trepidatio) "agitation, alarm, trembling," noun of action from pp. stem of trepidare "to tremble, hurry," from trepidus "alarmed, scared," from PIE *trep- "to shake, tremble" (cf. Skt. trprah "hasty," O.C.S. trepetati "to tremble"), related to *trem- (see tremble).

trepidation trep·i·da·tion (trěp'ĭ-dā'shən)
n.

  1. An involuntary trembling or quivering.
  2. A state of anxious fear; apprehension.

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