shivering

Etymology

verb

  1. present participle and gerund of shiver

noun

  1. The action of a person or thing that shivers; a trembling.
    Generally speaking, the attack does not involve more inconvenience than this; but in some cases there are shiverings and flushings, cough, loss of appetite, and pain in the right side... 1847, Fleetwood Churchill, Robert M. Huston, The diseases of females: including those of pregnancy and childbed

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