Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Tremulous

Tremulous , adjective

[Latin tremulus, from tremere to tremble. See Tremble.]

1.
Shaking; shivering; quivering; as, a tremulous limb; a tremulous motion of the hand or the lips; the tremulous leaf of the poplar.
2.
Affected with fear or timidity; trembling.
The tender, tremulous Christian. — Dr. H. More