单词 | timorousness |
释义 | timorousnessn. The quality or state of being timorous; fearfulness, timidity. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > timidity > [noun] arghtha1250 arghshipc1275 arghness1340 faintness1398 ferdfulness1398 timorosity1490 timiditya1513 timorousnessa1513 unboldness?1520 timerity1582 inaudacity?1594 unhardiness1611 to lie aback1636 meticulosity1655 pavidity1656 afraidness1669 timidness1680 sheepishness1712 funkiness1859 fearsomeness1891 a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. clxxv. f. civ Gosselyn and Conrade..sent messangers vnto the Quene of Germany complaynynge theym vnto her of the vnstablenesse of her Lorde and tymerousnesse. 1541 T. Elyot Castel of Helthe (new ed.) 75 b In case that either for age or for timourousenesse a man wyll not be lette bloude. a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1953) VI. 177 Gideon, in a modest timorousnesse askes a signe. 1681 R. Knox Hist. Relation Ceylon 168 Whom we perceiving to be free from timerousness at the sight of us. 1749 D. Hartley Observ. Man i. iv. 454 The Ridicule cast upon Timorousness by Boys and Men. 1876 G. Bancroft Hist. U.S. (rev. ed.) I. viii. 228 Afflicted..with..an overpowering timorousness of nature. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.a1513 |
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