Trepidation (noun)
trep-id-ay-shun
A feeling of fear or anxiety about something that may happen.
Late 15th century: from Latin trepidatio(n-), from trepidare ‘be agitated, tremble’, from trepidus ‘alarmed’.
Example sentences
“We didn’t know what to expect so we set off in fear and trepidation.”
Praetorian (adj) (noun) pri-taw-ree-un of or relating to a praetor (a magistrate in the Roman republic). a soldier of the Praetorian Guard (Roman imperial army) First recorded in 1375–1425; late…
