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timorous

 (adj): timid by nature or revealing timidity
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6 months ago brtom said:

"Ah! seest thou not an ambushed Cupid there,
Too timorous of his charge, with jealous care
Veils and unveils those beams of heavenly light ..."
Sheridan, School for Scandal

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