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timorous
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Learner's definition of TIMOROUS
[more timorous; most timorous] formal
: easily frightened : fearful羞怯的；畏怯的
- a shy and timorous teenager害羞胆小的少年
- He spoke with a timorous voice.他说话怯生生的。
— timorously
adverb- She timorously approached the teacher.她胆怯地走近老师。
— timorousness
noun [noncount]timorous
adjective
tim·o·rous ˈti-mə-rəs 
ˈtim-rəs
timorously adverb
timorousness noun
Did you know?
Timid and timorous don't just have similar spellings and meanings; they are etymologically related as well. Both words ultimately derive from the Latin verb timēre, meaning "to fear." The immediate ancestor of timid is Latin timidus (with the same meaning as timid), whereas timorous traveled to Middle English by way of the Latin noun timor ("fear") and the Medieval Latin adjective timorosus. Timid may be the more common of the two words, but timorous is older. It first appeared in English in the mid-15th century; timid came on the scene a century later. Both words can mean "easily frightened" (as in "a timid mouse" or "a timorous child") as well as "indicating or characterized by fear" (as in "he gave a timid smile" or "she took a timorous step forward").
Example Sentences
a shy and timorous teenager He spoke with a timorous voice.
Recent Examples on the Web Democratic moderates are often portrayed by the left as timorous figures reluctant to take strong stands for fear of political retribution. 
Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 3 Aug. 2022 At the time Russia revealed their new new weapon, U.S. national security thinkers did an obligatory round of timorous handwringing, but, other than that, the U.S. was largely—and strangely—silent. Craig Hooper, Forbes, 3 Aug. 2022 The hospital industry has been timorous about transparency since the first large-scale quality survey was conducted by the American College of Surgeons back in 1919. Michael L. Millenson And J. Matthew Austin, STAT, 24 May 2022 Abetted by the timorous LeFou (a funny John Sygar), Gaston schemes to bend Belle to his will. Washington Post, 14 Nov. 2021 All artists, even those who appear to be timorous, quavering messes, have a core of steel. David Salle, The New York Review of Books, 17 Dec. 2020 All artists, even those who appear to be timorous, quavering messes, have a core of steel. David Salle, The New York Review of Books, 17 Dec. 2020 All artists, even those who appear to be timorous, quavering messes, have a core of steel. David Salle, The New York Review of Books, 17 Dec. 2020 Orange County’s chief health officer quit after receiving death threats and little backing from a timorous Board of Supervisors. Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2021 See More
Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 3 Aug. 2022 At the time Russia revealed their new new weapon, U.S. national security thinkers did an obligatory round of timorous handwringing, but, other than that, the U.S. was largely—and strangely—silent. Craig Hooper, Forbes, 3 Aug. 2022 The hospital industry has been timorous about transparency since the first large-scale quality survey was conducted by the American College of Surgeons back in 1919. Michael L. Millenson And J. Matthew Austin, STAT, 24 May 2022 Abetted by the timorous LeFou (a funny John Sygar), Gaston schemes to bend Belle to his will. Washington Post, 14 Nov. 2021 All artists, even those who appear to be timorous, quavering messes, have a core of steel. David Salle, The New York Review of Books, 17 Dec. 2020 All artists, even those who appear to be timorous, quavering messes, have a core of steel. David Salle, The New York Review of Books, 17 Dec. 2020 All artists, even those who appear to be timorous, quavering messes, have a core of steel. David Salle, The New York Review of Books, 17 Dec. 2020 Orange County’s chief health officer quit after receiving death threats and little backing from a timorous Board of Supervisors. Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2021 See More Word History
Etymology
Middle English, from Medieval Latin timorosus, from Latin timor fear, from timēre to fear
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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