timorous
/ˈtɪməəs/TIH-mur-uhs
/ˈtɪmɚəs/TIH-mur-uhs
Meaningfearful
Common meaning: nervous and fearful
- timto fearLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1872 · scan
- oragent ending: the doer, or the device that does it
- ousadjective ending: full of, having
Journey through time
- Aryan root · reconstructed√TAM‘choke, stifle’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 130, p. 734 · scan
- Latintimeō‘to fear’
- Englishtimorous‘nervous and fearful’ · today
tim also in: timidintimidate
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin timeō ‘to fear’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry timeō, p. 1872 · dictionary scan
Roots
- timeō Latin “to fear”
Related words
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