t 1 i 1 m 3 o 1 r 1 o 1 u 1 s 1
8 letters · 10 points in Scrabble
Meaning
adjective timid by nature or revealing timidity
originFrom Late Middle English timorous (“(adjective) fearful, frightened; causing fear, dreadful, terrible; deferential, modest; (noun) timid people collectively”), borrowed from Old French temoros, temorous, from Medieval Latin timōrōsus, from timōr- (the stem of Latin timor (“dread, fear”)) + -ōsus (suffix meaning ‘full of; prone to’). Timor is derived from timeō (“to be afraid of, fear”) (further…
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