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timorsome

Syllables: tim·or·someUK/ˈtɪməsəm/US/ˈtɪməɹsəm/

timorsome adjective: easily frightened; timorous.

Adjective

timorsome (comparative more timorsome, superlative most timorsome)

  1. (Scotland, dated) Easily frightened; timorous.
    • Maister Mordaunt , is as tender as ony man's in my degree ; but she is something of a timorsome nature , cannot abide angry folk1822, [Walter Scott], The Pirate. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC

Forms of timorsome

comparativemore timorsome
superlativemost timorsome
alternative formtimbersome
alternative formtimersome
alternative formtimmersome

Origin of timorsome

Alteration of timor(ous) + -some.

Questions about timorsome

What does timorsome mean?
Timorsome means easily frightened; timorous.
What part of speech is timorsome?
Timorsome is an adjective.
How do you pronounce timorsome?
Timorsome is pronounced /ˈtɪməsəm/ (UK).

Words near timorsome in the dictionary

  1. timorous
  2. timorous schizotypal
  3. timorously
  4. timorousness
  5. timorousnesses
  6. timorsome
  7. timosaponin
  8. timosaponins
  9. Timoshenko
  10. Timote
  11. Timotean

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