Timorousness

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The state of being timorous; timidity; want of courage.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The property of being timorous.
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  • noun. fear of the unknown or unfamiliar or fear of making decisions
  • noun. fearfulness in venturing into new and unknown places or activities
  • Word Usage
    "And gumption is always welcome (whereas the timorousness of anonymity will be quashed -- c.f. the A-Z of the blog I can't be bothered linking to at the moment)."
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