timorous

adjective7

1. •
   Tending to be easily frightened; shy, timid.

   • But thou now O temerous ⁊ weake sely shepe, thynke yt sufficient for thee, onely to walke after me, which am thy shepehearde ⁊ gouernor: […] — 1534
2. •
   (dialect, UK) Hard to manage; difficult, tiresome.
3. •
   (dialect, UK) Fired with intense feeling; passionate.
4. •
   (dialect, UK) Fastidious in dressing.
5. •
   (no longer used) Feeling fear; afraid, fearful, frightened.

   • Men call her Athliot: vvho cannot be / More vvretched made by infelicitie, / Vnlesse she here had an immortall breath / Or liuing thus, liu'd timerous of death. — 1616
6. •
   (no longer used) Causing dread or fear; dreadful, terrible.
7. •
   (no longer used) Humble, modest; also, showing reverence; respectful, reverent, reverential.