palpitate

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb cause to throb or beat rapidly
  2. verb shake with fast, tremulous movements
  3. verb beat rapidly

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin palpitō, palpitātus (“throb, pulsate, palpitate”).

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