Word of the Day: Timorous

Tim-or-ous [tim-er-uhs] –adjective 1. Full of fear; fearful. 2. Subject to fear; timid. 3. Characterized by or indicating fear.

He timorously approached, trying to avoid making even the slightest sound.

All definitions are courtesy of Dictionary.com.

Word of the Day appears on weekdays and features words taken from books that Hugo House staff and volunteers are currently reading. Today’s word is brought to you by Claire Salcedo, who stumbled upon it in Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley.