quiversome

English

Alternative forms
  • quiver-some

Etymology

From quiver +‎ -some.

Adjective

quiversome (comparative more quiversome, superlative most quiversome)

  1. Characterised or marked by quivering.
    • 1919, John Galsworthy, Saint's Progress, published 2013:
      And the moonlight on the Church seemed to shift and quiver-some pigeons perhaps had been disturbed up there.
    • 1990, Pablo Medina, Exiled memories: a Cuban childhood, page 66:
      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.
    • 2012, Edwina Preston, The Inheritance of Ivorie Hammer:
      She turned towards the door, leaving Mr Sweetley face to face with that bustle, more quiversome than ever.
    • 2016, Claire Vaye Watkins, Gold Fame Citrus:
      Ig would have lived in the trough tub, but her lips went blue and quiversome after only a few minutes in even tepid water.
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