Emily Dickinson Lexicon

TIM'ID, a. [Fr. timide; L. timidus, from timeo, to fear; Gaelic, tim, time, fear; Sp. temblar, to shake with fear; temer, to fear. The sense is probably to shake, or to fail, fall, recede, or shrink.]

Fearful; wanting courage to meet danger; timorous; not bold. Poor is the triumph o'er the timid hare. Thomson.