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tim⋅or⋅ous

  [tim-er-uhs]
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–adjective
1. full of fear; fearful: The noise made them timorous.
2. subject to fear; timid.
3. characterized by or indicating fear: a timorous whisper.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME < ML timōrōsus (L timōr- (s. of timor) fear + -ōsus -ous )

Related forms:
tim⋅or⋅ous⋅ly, adverb
tim⋅or⋅ous⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. See cowardly.
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tim·or·ous   (tĭm'ər-əs)   
adj.  Full of apprehensiveness; timid.

[Middle English, from Old French timoureus, from Medieval Latin timōrōsus, from Latin timor, timōr-, fear, from timēre, to fear.]
tim'or·ous·ly adv., tim'or·ous·ness n.
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Word Origin & History

timorous 
c.1450, from O.Fr. temeros (14c.), from M.L. timorosus "fearful," from L. timor "fear," from timere "to fear." Some early sense confused by mistaken identification with M.E. temerous "rash" (see temerity).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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