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Word of the Day – Timorous

By September 20, 2016Word of the Day

Timorous (adj)

tim-orr-us

Showing a nervousness or lack of confidence.

From late middle English ‘feeling fear’ but immortalised in the Rabbie Burns poem.

Example sentences

“I could barely hear his timorous voice.”

“The timorous mouse scuttled along the skirting boards.”

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