anxietous

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Etymology

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Adjective

anxietous (comparative more anxietous, superlative most anxietous)

  1. (rare) Afflicted with or marked by anxiety.
    • 2003, Madeleine E. Robins, Point of Honour, Forge (2003), →ISBN, page 247:
      With that patronage in jeopardy, matters must be doubly anxietous with accusations of treason hanging over his head.
    • 2010, D. W. Finton, Don't Put Her Down! You, Put Her There!, RoseDog Books (2010), →ISBN, page 33:
      I was anxietous; yet, determined to survive this. I kept clenching my thighs to stop myself from pissing my pants.
    • 2013, Bill Ray Chitwood, The Brutus Gate, Booktango (2013), →ISBN, unnumbered page:
      Most of the morning had been spent sleeping, trying to escape my depressing thoughts. [] The only interruption to my anxietous morning had been Pablito's rap at the door to tell me about the vendor's wares outside the hotel.

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