| 释义 |
timorousness|ˈtɪmərəsnɪs|
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
The quality or state of being timorous; fearfulness, timidity.
1494Fabyan Chron. vi. clxxv. 172 Gosselyne and Conrade..complaynynge theym vnto her of the vnstablenesse of her lorde and tymerousnesse. 1533Elyot Cast. Helthe (1541) 75 b, In case that either for age or for timourousenesse a man wyll not be lette bloude. 1624Donne Serm. ii. (1640) 15 Gideon, in a modest timorousnesse askes a signe. 1681R. Knox Ceylon 168 Whom we perceiving to be free from timerousness at the sight of us. 1748Hartley Observ. Man i. iv. 454 The Ridicule cast upon Timorousness by Boys and Men. 1876Bancroft Hist. U.S. I. viii. 228 Afflicted..with..an overpowering timorousness of nature. |