a. Obs. rare. [a. OF. cremeteus and cremeus fearful, timid, f. root of OF. cremer, cremir, now craindre to fear.] Fearful, timid.
c. 1477. Caxton, Jason, 26 b. As cremetous and doubting the recountres of reffuse. Ibid., 14 b. They of Oliferne were so cremeuse … and durst not come out.
