What does tremulous mean in crosswords?

tremulous means: (of the voice) quivering as from weakness or fear

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tremulous

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9 lettersPronunciation /ˈtɹɛmjʊləs/Part of speech adjectiveSorted elmorstuuStarts with TEnds with S0 clues

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From Latin tremulus, from tremō (“to tremble, shake”) + -ulus. Doublet of tremor and tremble. By surface analysis, tremulate + -ous.

“From the high tree the blossom wavering fell, / And over them the tremulous isles of light / Slided, they moving under shade: […]”
“The trying nature of his position drove the blood from his cheek, and made his lips tremulous.”
“[…] Lord Henry Wotton could just catch the gleam of the honey-sweet and honey-coloured blossoms of a laburnum, whose tremulous branches seemed hardly able to bear the burden of a beauty so flame-like as theirs[.]”

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