timid

See also: tímid

English

Etymology

From Middle French timide, from Latin timidus (“full of fear, fearful, timid”), from timeo (“I fear”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɪmɪd/
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Adjective

timid (comparative timider, superlative timidest)

  1. Lacking in courage or confidence.
    • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 19, in The China Governess‎:
      When Timothy and Julia hurried up the staircase to the bedroom floor, where a considerable commotion was taking place, Tim took Barry Leach with him. […]. The captive made no resistance and came not only quietly but in a series of eager little rushes like a timid dog on a choke chain.
    John's a very timid person. I'll doubt he'll be brave enough to face his brother.

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Further reading

  • timid in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • timid in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Anagrams

Ibaloi

Noun

timid

  1. (anatomy) chin

Ilocano

Noun

timid

  1. (anatomy) chin

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French timide and Latin timidus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tiˈmid/

Adjective

timid m, n (feminine singular timidă, masculine plural timizi, feminine and neuter plural timide)

  1. timid, shy

Declension

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