Timorsome

//ˈtɪmə(ɹ)səm// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Easily frightened; timorous. Scotland, dated

    "Maister Mordaunt , is as tender as ony man's in my degree ; but she is something of a timorsome nature , cannot abide angry folk"

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timorous

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"Maister Mordaunt , is as tender as ony man's in my degree ; but she is something of a timorsome nature , cannot abide angry folk"

Etymology

Alteration of timor(ous) + -some.

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