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Webster 1913 Edition
Pavid
Pav′id
,Adj.
[L.
pavidus
, from pavere
to be afraid.] Timid; fearful.
[R.]
Thackeray.
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pavid
pavid
English
Adjective
pavid (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.
- 1843 William Harrison Ainsworth - Ainsworth's Magazine