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pavid

[ pav-id ]

adjective

  1. timid; afraid; fearful; frightened.

pavid

/ ˈæɪ /

adjective

  1. rare.
    fearful; timid
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of pavid1

1650–60; < Latin pavidus trembling, timid, derivative of 貹ŧ to quake; -id 4
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of pavid1

C17: from Latin pavidus fearful, from 貹ŧ to tremble with fear
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The clergy, a pavid flock, chattered their fears between the mouthfuls.

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Like a pavid kid in the talons of an eagle, that young creature trembled in his huge Milesian grasp.

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As eagles go forth and bring home to their eaglets the lamb or the pavid kid, I say there are men who live and victual their nests by plunder.

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