timidsome

adj

timidsome

adj

Etymology From timid + -some.

1

Characterised or marked by timidness; shyful

  • He was a timidsome sort of man and Jinnie had to call sharp 'afore he come out, but come he did, all of a tremble.1913, Alfred Edward Thomas Watson, The Badminton Magazine of Sports and Pastimes:
Synonyms
fearful

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