timidnessn.
/ˈtɪmᵻdnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈtɪmᵻdnᵻs/ = timidity n.
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the mind > emotion > fear > timidity > [noun]
arghtha1250
arghshipc1275
arghness1340
faintness1398
ferdfulness1398
timorosity1490
timiditya1513
timorousnessa1513
unboldness?1520
timerity1582
inaudacity?1594
unhardiness1611
to lie aback1636
meticulosity1655
pavidity1656
afraidness1669
timidness1680
sheepishness1712
funkiness1859
fearsomeness1891
1680 R. Ferguson Let. to Person of Honour conc. Kings Disavowing 2 He hath so much of James's timidness, that they can huffe and over-awe him to things most opposite to his Judgment.
1751 Adventures Capt. De la Fontaine 18 This madamoiselle was above his Rank, which inspired a kind of Timidness, inseparable from such Circumstances.
1777 J. Richardson Diss. Eastern Nations 119 To have pierced to the frozen latitude of Scandinavia..implies a degree of persevering intrepidity, widely differing from that abject timidness which first induced them to fly.
1833 Dublin Univ. Mag. Oct. 461/1 Not receiving any answer, she stood in maidenly timidness and sweet discretion.
1889 R. L. Stevenson Master of Ballantrae ii. 19 He looked up..with a kind of timidness.
1935 Eng. Jrnl. 24 311 Speaking before the class helped me get over my timidness.
1992 R. D. Edwards Clubbed to Death (1993) ii. 20 He fell out with the proprietors of the clubs he belonged to because of..their timidness about the anti-duelling laws.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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