Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for TIM-ID'I-TY
TIM-ID'I-TY, n. [Fr. timidité; L. timiditas.]
Fearfulness; want of courage or boldness to face danger; timorousness; habitual cowardice. Timidity in one person may be a good trait of character, while in another it is a deep reproach.
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