timorsome

English

Alternative forms

• timbersome, timersome, timmersome

Etymology

Alteration of timor(ous) +‎ -some.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɪmə(ɹ)səm/

Adjective

timorsome (comparative more timorsome, superlative most timorsome)

1. (Scotland, dated) Easily frightened; timorous.
   • 1822, [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:

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

References

• “timorsome”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.