See Also: quaking(dictionary)
quaking(medicine)
mice, quaking(medicine)
learned(dictionary)
learned(dictionary)
Learned helplessness(medicine)
learned drive(medicine)
Learned (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
helplessness, learned(medicine)
Learned helplessness(health)

Learned helplessness (health) and quaking (iou)


Learned helplessness (health)


A condition in which a person attempts to establish and maintain contact with another by adopting a helpless, powerless stance.





quaking (iou)



quaking ppl adjective. OE.
[from QUAKE verb + -ING2.]
That quakes. OE.
That is or is like a member of the Society of Friends. M17-M18.
Special collocations: quaking aspen a N. American aspen, Populus tremuloides. quaking bog bog-land formed over water or soft mud, which shakes underfoot. quaking-grass any of several grasses of the genus Briza, esp. B. media, with broad laterally compressed spikelets dangling on slender pedicels. quaking pudding a pudding made from breadcrumbs, cream, eggs, and spices.
quakingly adverb M16.