Meanings
adjectivetimorsome (comparative more timorsome, superlative most timorsome)
comparative more timorsome · superlative most timorsome · alternative timbersome · alternative timersome · alternative timmersome
- ScotlanddatedEasily 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 folk
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
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Origin
Alteration of timor(ous) + -some.
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timorsome. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/timorsome
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