tremelloid (tremeloid)

[ tremellose (trem'e-lōs), a. [L. tremere, tremble, + -ell a + -ose.] In bot., jelly-like; shaking like jelly; of a gelatinous consistence. tremor tremendous (trē-men'dus), a. [= Sp. Pg. It. tremendo, Secondly, [a precept] about ble ing, or rather not blaspheming the tremendous name of God. Evelyn, True Religion, II. 17. The battle of Ravenna, one of those tremendous days into which human folly and wickedne compre the whole devastation of a famine or a plague. Macaulay , Machi a vell i. Hence-2. Such as to excite astonishment or awe; unexampled; wonderful in a high degree; overwhelming; astounding: used intensively or hyperbolically. The floor of each story was arched, the walls of tremen do us thickne . Scott , Kenilworth, xxvi. From the trees we sometimes saw hanging pythons of tremendous girth. P. Robinson , Under the Sun, p. 130. The skilful lest crew that ever launched a life-boat would be dashed in pieces in a moment in those tremendous rollers. Froude , Sketches, p. 198. =Syn. 1. Frightful, terrific, horrible, appalling. tremendously (trē-men'dus-li), adv . In a tremendous manner; in a manner to awe or astonish; with exce ive force or magnitude. tremendousne (tre-men'dus-nes), n. The state or property of being tremendous. Tremex (tre'meks), n. [NL. (Jurine, 1807), irreg. τρῆμα , a hole.] 1. A notable genus of hymenopterous insects, of the family Uroce ridæ , separated from the typical genus Urocerus only by the venation of the wings. T. columba is a large and handsome North American horntail, the larva of which bores the trunks of shade-trees, particularly the maple, and is known as the pigeon - tremex. 2. [l. c.] A horntail of this genus: as, the pigeon- tremex. tremolando (trem-ō-län'dō), adv. [It., ppr. of tremolare, tremble: see tremble.] In music, in a tremulous manner; in a manner characterized by a tremolo. Also tremando. gramma tite.