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shudder

verb

  1. shudder
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noun

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈʃʌdəː/ / [ˈʃʰʌ̹dəː] / /ˈʃʌdɚ/

noun

Etymology: From Middle English schoderen, from Middle Dutch schudderen and/or Middle Low German schodderen, iterative forms of the verb at hand in Dutch schudden, Low German schüdden (both “to shake”), German schütten (“to pour”), from Proto-Germanic *skudjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *skewdʰ-. From Low German are also borrowed German schaudern (“to shudder”), Danish skudre.

  1. A shivering tremor, often from fear or horror.

    Seeing the spider under his pillow gave John a shudder.

  2. A moment of almost pleasurable fear; a frisson.

    They name thee before me, / ⁠A knell to mine ear; / A shudder comes o'er me— / ⁠Why wert thou so dear?

    … and was not that slight tremble, a shudder which went through her young body, when his kiss, glowing and scorching with his wild passion, had dared to touch her tiny ice-cold hand?

verb

Etymology: From Middle English schoderen, from Middle Dutch schudderen and/or Middle Low German schodderen, iterative forms of the verb at hand in Dutch schudden, Low German schüdden (both “to shake”), German schütten (“to pour”), from Proto-Germanic *skudjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *skewdʰ-. From Low German are also borrowed German schaudern (“to shudder”), Danish skudre.

  1. To shake nervously, often from fear or horror.

    On seeing the spider under his pillow, John shuddered.

    VVreath'd vp in fatall folds iuſt in his way, / The feare where of doth make him ſhake, & ſhudder, […]

  2. To vibrate jerkily.