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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

timidus

, fr.

timere

to fear; cf. Skr.

tam

to become breathless, to become stupefief: cf. F.

timide

Wanting courage to meet danger; easily frightened; timorous; not bold; fearful; shy.

Poor is the triumph o’er the

timid

hare.

Thomson.

Syn. – Fearful; timorous; afraid; cowardly; pusillanimous; faint-hearted; shrinking; retiring.

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Tim′id-ly

adv.

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Tim′id-ness

Noun.

Adj.

[L. timidus, from timeo, to fear.] Fearful; wanting courage to meet danger; timorous; not bold.

Poor is the triumph o'er the timid hare.