pavid
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin pavidus, from paveō (“I fear”).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editpavid (comparative more pavid, superlative most pavid)
- fearful, timid
- 1843, William Harrison Ainsworth, Ainsworth's Magazine:
- Their multitudes might inspire even their pavid nature with courage to attack, and brought to my fancy the fate of that unhappy prisoner who, thrown into a blind dungeon, was in one night literally devoured by rats.