trepidatious

English edit

From, or as if, trepidate +‎ -ious; see trepidation for more.

trepidatious (comparative more trepidatious, superlative most trepidatious)

In a state of trepidation; fearful.
- 2020, Sophie Kinsella, Love Your Life, Dial Press, →ISBN:
  He looks a little trepidatious too, and we both laugh awkwardly as he nears me.
- 2023 February 27, Elle Hunt, “‘Don’t make Frasier best friends with Elon Musk!’ Writers and comics offer their reboot tips”, in The Guardian‎^[1], →ISSN:
  Factor in Grammer’s outspoken Trumpism, which complicates the legacy of his defining role, and fans may be forgiven for feeling trepidatious.