shuddery

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shuddery^¹

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From shudder + -y.

adjective more shuddery · most shuddery

Characterized by shuddering motions. Four women dance together, shuffling their feet, arching over one another's bodies and running across the stage before stopping dead with shuddery little recoils of the chest.
Causing one to shudder; horrifying. It is rather shuddery, however, to speculate on the terrible assortment of cutting, gouging, jabbing and slashing weapons with which the mutineers are able to equip themselves from the carpenter's shop.

Shuddery^²

noun Shudderies

archaic Archaic form of Shudra

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@misc{shuddery_2026,
  title = {shuddery},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/shuddery},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}