quiversome

English

Alternative forms

• quiver-some

Etymology

From quiver +‎ -some.

Adjective

quiversome (comparative more quiversome, superlative most quiversome)

1. Characterised or marked by quivering.
   • 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.