Timid

timid, a. Wanting courage to meet danger; fearful afraid cowardly pusillanimous fainthearted; shrinking; retiring. [F. tinride, L. Hmidus, fr. tim or, fear, timere, to fear; Skr. tam as, darkne , tarn, to become breathlesSjStaring, or immovable. Vedic 1am, to choke; intimidate, tcnebrie.] — Timid''ity, -T-tT, n. Quality or state of being, etc. [F. timidite, L. imid it as.'] — Timidly, adv. — Tim r orous, -o-rus, a. Fearful of danger; timid; destitute of courage indicating fear; full of scruples. [Fr. L. tim or — Tim'orously, ail — Tim'orousne , n. Timothy, tim'o-thi, T. -gra , n. A species of gra much valued for hay herds-gra . [Fr. Timothy Hanson, who carried to Eng. Amef. about 1780.]