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.”
Tripartite (adj) triy-part-iyt Divided into or consisting of three parts. Agreed by three parties. 1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin tripartītus divided into three parts, equivalent to tri- tri- +…