— timidity, timidness , n. — timidly , adv.
/tim"id/ , adj., timider, timidest .
1. lacking in self-assurance, courage, or bravery; easily alarmed; timorous; shy.
2. characterized by or indicating fear: a timid approach to a problem.
[ 1540-50; timidus fearful, equiv. to tim ( ere ) to fear + -idus -ID 4 ]
Syn. 1. fearful, fainthearted. See cowardly .