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quaky

adj

Etymology

From quaking aspen.

  1. inherited from *kwakōną✻ — “to shake, quiver, tremble”
  2. inherited from cwacian — “to quake, tremble, chatter”
  3. inherited from quaken
  4. suffixed as quaky — “quake + y”

Definitions

  1. Inclined to quake

    Inclined to quake; tremulous.

  2. Synonym of quaking aspen (“Populus tremuloides”).

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA