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English
Etymology
From Latin tremulus (“shaking; trembling; quivering”) + -ose. See also English tremulous.
Pronunciation
Adjective
tremellose (comparative more tremellose, superlative most tremellose)
- Resembling or characteristic of jelly.
1871, Mordecai Cubitt Cooke, “Clavariei”, in Handbook of British Fungi, volume 1, 998. Calocera glossoides, page 340:Simple, solitary, somewhat tremellose, yellow; clubs incrassated, obtuse, compressed; stem round.
1969, Leonard Gribble, Cash My Chips, Croupier:'Where did you pick up this little souvenir?' he asked, turning to stare at Craig, who was in a state of sudden tremellose agitation, his hands shaking, his head quivering above his shoulders as though his neck muscles had ceased their normal supporting function.
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References
- Grambs, David (1997) The Endangered English Dictionary, W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN, page 158
- “tremellose” in Farlex Partner Medical Dictionary. (2012).