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===Etymology===
===Etymology===
From {{suffix|en|anxiety|ous}}.
{{rfe}}


===Adjective===
===Adjective===
{{en-adj}}
{{en-adj}}


# {{context|rare|lang=en}} Afflicted with or marked by [[anxiety]].
# {{lb|en|rare}} Afflicted with or marked by [[anxiety]].
#* '''2003''', Madeleine E. Robins, ''Point of Honour'', Forge (2003), ISBN 031287202X, [http://books.google.com/books?id=X780oSFJ_eQC&pg=PA247&dq=anxietous#v=onepage&q=anxietous&f=false page 247]:
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2003|author=Madeleine E. Robins|title=Point of Honour|pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=X780oSFJ_eQC&pg=PA247&dq=anxietous#v=onepage&q=anxietous&f=false|page=247|publisher=Forge|isbn=031287202X
#*: With that patronage in jeopardy, matters must be doubly '''anxietous''' with accusations of treason hanging over his head.
|passage=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 9781434999399, [http://books.google.com/books?id=64k3D7W0e5UC&pg=PA33&dq=anxietous#v=onepage&q=anxietous&f=false page 33]:
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2010|author=D. W. Finton|title=Don't Put Her Down! You, Put Her There!|pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=64k3D7W0e5UC&pg=PA33&dq=anxietous#v=onepage&q=anxietous&f=false|page=33|publisher=RoseDog Books|isbn=9781434999399
#*: I was '''anxietous'''; yet, determined to survive this. I kept clenching my thighs to stop myself from pissing my pants.
|passage=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 9781468925296, [http://books.google.com/books?id=i-72zz-_BaIC&pg=PT242&dq=anxietous#v=onepage&q=anxietous&f=false unnumbered page]:
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2013|author=Bill Ray Chitwood|title=The Brutus Gate|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=i-72zz-_BaIC&pg=PT242&dq=anxietous#v=onepage&q=anxietous&f=false|publisher=Booktango|isbn=9781468925296
#*: 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.
|passage=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.}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=aeinostux|sexuation}}

Latest revision as of 01:42, 19 August 2024

English

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Etymology

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From anxiety +‎ -ous.

Adjective

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anxietous (comparative more anxietous, superlative most anxietous)

  1. (rare) Afflicted with or marked by anxiety.
    • 2003, Madeleine E. Robins, Point of Honour, Forge, →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, →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[1], Booktango, →ISBN:
      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.

Anagrams

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