tremour

English

Noun

tremour (plural tremours)

Obsolete form of tremor.

Verb

tremour (third-person singular simple present tremours, present participle tremouring, simple past and past participle tremoured)

Obsolete spelling of tremor

Middle English

Alternative forms

tremor

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman tremour, Old French tremor, from Latin tremor.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /trɛːˈmuːr/, /ˈtrɛːmur/

Noun

tremour (uncountable)

terror (great fear or fright)

Descendants

English: tremor

References

“tremǒur, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
“tremor, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

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