All 4 Uses of
trepidation
in
Don Quixote
- I opened it with fear and trepidation, persuaded that it must be something serious that had impelled her to write to me when at a distance, as she seldom did so when I was near.†
Chpt 1.27-28
- Don Quixote felt uneasy, Sancho frightened, and the duke and duchess displayed a certain trepidation.
Chpt 2.35-36 *trepidation = nervousness
- "Since the memorable adventure of the fulling mills," said Don Quixote, "I have never seen Sancho in such a fright as now; were I as superstitious as others his abject fear would cause me some little trepidation of spirit.†
Chpt 2.41-42
- Don Quixote in his trepidation began saying, "I conjure thee, phantom, or whatever thou art, tell me what thou art and what thou wouldst with me.†
Chpt 2.47-48
Definition:
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(trepidation) nervousness (fear or anxiety about what will happen)