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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
timorous/ˈtɪmərəs/

▶adjective lacking in courage or confidence; nervous.

– derivatives
timorously adverb,
timorousness noun.

– origin ME: from OFr. temoreus, from med. L. timorosus, from L. timor ‘fear’, from timere ‘to fear’.

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