timid
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See also: tímid
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Etymology[edit]
From French timide, from Latin timidus (“full of fear, fearful, timid”), from timeo (“I fear”).
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timid (comparative timider, superlative timidest)
- Lacking in courage or confidence.
- 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 19, The China Governess[1]:
- When Timothy and Julia hurried up the staircase to the bedroom floor, where a considerable commotion was taking place, Tim took Barry Leach with him. […]. The captive made no resistance and came not only quietly but in a series of eager little rushes like a timid dog on a choke chain.
- John's a very timid person. I'll doubt he'll be brave enough to face his brother.
- 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 19, The China Governess[1]:
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lacking in courage or confidence
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External links[edit]
- timid in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- timid in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
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Adjective[edit]
timid m, n
