timorous
adjective/ˈtɪmərəs/
/ˈtɪmərəs/
(literary or formal)- nervous and easily frightened synonym timidTopics Personal qualitiesc2Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘feeling fear’): from Old French temoreus, from medieval Latin timorosus, from Latin timor ‘fear’, from timere ‘to fear’.
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