quiver

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkwɪvə/ (General American, Canada) enPR: kwĭˈvər, IPA(key): /ˈkwɪvɚ/ Rhymes: -ɪvə(ɹ) Hyphenation: quiv‧er === Etymology 1 === From Middle English quiver, from Anglo-Norman quivre, from Old Dutch cocare (source of Dutch koker, and cognate to Old English cocer (“quiver, case”)), from Proto-West Germanic *kokar (“container”), said to be from Hunnic, possibly from Proto-Mongolic *kökexür (“leather vessel for liquids”); see there for more. Replaced early modern cocker, the inherited reflex of that West Germanic word. The mathematical sense originated as German Köcher in a 1972 paper by Pierre Gabriel; it was likely chosen because a quiver contains arrows, while a digraph contains directed edges (also called "arrows"). ==== Noun ==== quiver (plural quivers) (weaponry) A container for arrows, crossbow bolts or darts, such as those fired from a bow, crossbow or blowgun. (figuratively) A ready storage location for figurative tools or weapons. (obsolete) A vulva. (obsolete) The collective noun for cobras. (mathematics) A multidigraph, especially in the context of representation theory. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English quiver, cwiver, from Old English *cwifer, probably related to cwic (“alive”). ==== Adjective ==== quiver (comparative more quiver, superlative most quiver) (archaic) Nimble, active. ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 3 === From Middle English quiveren, probably from the adjective. ==== Verb ==== quiver (third-person singular simple present quivers, present participle quivering, simple past and past participle quivered) (intransitive) To shake or move with slight and tremulous motion. Synonyms: tremble, quake, shudder, shiver, flutter ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== quiver (plural quivers) The act of quivering. === References === === Further reading === quiver on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === From Anglo-Norman quivre, from Old Dutch cocare; perhaps ultimately from Proto-Mongolic *kökexür or Hunnic. Doublet of coker. ==== Alternative forms ==== quyver, qwyver, qwywere, qwyvere, whyver ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈkwivər/ ==== Noun ==== quiver (plural quivers) A quiver (a receptacle for arrows) (rare, vulgar) A vulva. ===== Descendants ===== English: quiver ===== References ===== “quiver, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 4 May 2018. === Etymology 2 === From Old English *cwifer, probably related to cwic (“alive”). ==== Alternative forms ==== quyver, quyvere, cwiver ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈkwivər/ ==== Adjective ==== quiver fast, speedy, rapid energetic, vigourous, vibrant ===== Descendants ===== English: quiver ===== References ===== “quiver, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 4 May 2018.