Defn: Wanting courage to meet danger; easily frightened; timorous; not bold; fearful; shy. Poor is the triumph o'er the timid hare. Thomson.
Syn.
— Fearful; timorous; afraid; cowardly; pusillanimous; faint-
hearted; shrinking; retiring.
— Tim"id*ly, adv.
— Tim"id*ness, n.
TIMIDITY
Ti*mid"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. timiditas: cf. F. timidité.]
Defn: The quality or state of being timid; timorousness; timidness.
TIMIDOUS
Tim"id*ous, a.
Defn: Timid. [Obs.] Hudibras.
TIMIST
Tim"ist, n. Etym: [Written also timeist.]
1. (Mus.)
Defn: A performer who keeps good time.
2. A timeserver. [Obs.] Overbury.