TREPIDANT

PRONUNCIATION: (TREP-i-duhnt)

MEANING: adjective: Timid, apprehensive, or trembling with fear.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin trepidare (to hurry or be alarmed). Earliest documented use: 1891.
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TREPEDANT - three-footed

STREPIDANT - infected with round, gram-Positive microorganisms

TREPIDON'T - declining to tackle even an only-moderately-risky challenge