quaverous, a.
(ˈkweɪvərəs)
[f. quaver v. + -ous.]
Tremulous, quavering.
| 1918 J. F. Bridge Westm. Pilgrim xi. 146, I can still see two of these old gentlemen..with hardly a quaverous note to mark their years, valiantly voicing ‘I saw lovely Phyllis’. |