Timerous

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Obsolete spelling of timorous. alt-of, obsolete

    "Men call her Athliot: vvho cannot be / More vvretched made by infelicitie, / Vnleſſe ſhe here had an immortall breath / Or liuing thus, liu'd timerous of death."

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afraidfearfultimidafearedalarmedanxious

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"Men call her Athliot: vvho cannot be / More vvretched made by infelicitie, / Vnleſſe ſhe here had an immortall breath / Or liuing thus, liu'd timerous of death."

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