From en.wiktionary.org:
** English
[2025]
*** Etymology
[en] From Late [en],[1] borrowed from [en], [fro], from [en], from [la] (the
[stem] of [en])[2] + [la]. [la] is derived from [la] (further origin
uncertain, possibly from [en]) + [la]. [en].
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Adjective
[en-adj]
1. Tending to be easily frightened ; shy , timid .
2. * [title=Passion]
3. * [title=Comfort]
4. * [book=II]
5. * [volume=II]
6. * [edition=2nd]
7. * [volume=IV]
8. * [volume=I]
9. * [volume=III]
10. * [page=219]
11. * [en]
12. * [page=597]
13. * [format=PGA]
14. [en] Feeling fear ; afraid , fearful , frightened .
15. * [title=Comfort]
16. * [book=2]
17. * [poem=Sonnet VIII]
18. * [issue=65]
19. * [chapter=72]
20. [en]
1. Fastidious in dressing .
2. Fired with intense feeling ; passionate .
3. Hard to manage ; difficult , tiresome .
21. [en]
1. Causing dread or fear; dreadful , terrible .
2. * [en]
3. Humble , modest ; also, showing reverence ; respectful , reverent , reverential .
**** Alternative forms
- [en] [obsolete]
**** Derived terms
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
**** Related terms
- [en]
**** Translations
[tending to be easily frightened]
[feeling fear _(cognates)_]
- Catalan: [ca]
- French: [fr]
- Italian: [it]
- Occitan [oc]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Spanish: [es] , [es]
[trans-bottom]
[fastidious in dressing] [fired with intense feeling] [hard to manage]
*** References
References:
[1]. [entry=timorǒus]
[2]. [pos=adj] ; [pos=adj]
*** Further reading
- [pos=adj]
- [volume=X]
*** Anagrams
- [en]
[en] [en]