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)
- 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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Translations
lacking in courage or confidence
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Further reading
- timid in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- timid in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tiˈmid/
Adjective
timid m or n (feminine singular timidă, masculine plural timizi, feminine and neuter plural timide)
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