tremulous

1. marked by trembling, quivering, or shaking 2. timid or fearful; timorous


From Marilynne Robinson’s Gilead: “The fact is, I don’t want to be old. And I certainly don’t want to be dead. I don’t want to be the tremulous coot you barely remember. I bitterly wish you could know me as a young man.”

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