a. Obs. rare. [f. L. timid-us TIMID + -OUS.] = TIMID.
1663. Butler, Hud., I. III. 396. Fortune th’ audacious doth juvare, But lets the timidous miscarry.
a. 1734. North, Lives (1826), I. 371. His lordship knew him to be … a timidous man. Ibid., 421. His timidous manner of creating and judging … points, some on one side, and some on another.
