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adj. - Being timid; Experiencing fear.

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Usage examples (5)
  • It works ... pavid: Hi Simon, Thanks for the review.
  • The clergy, a pavid flock, chattered their fears between the mouthfuls.
  • Like a pavid kid in the talons of an eagle, that young creature trembled in his huge Milesian grasp.
  • 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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