Category:Timorous

Tim"or*ous, a. Etym: [ll. timorosus, from l. timor fear; akin to Timere to fear. See timid.]

1. Fearful of danger; timid; deficient in courage. Shak.

2. Indicating, or caused by, fear; as, timorous doubts. "the timorous Apostasy of chuchmen." Milman. -- tim"or*ous*ly, adv. -- tim"or*ous*ness, n.