timorsome UK /ˈtɪməsəm/US /ˈtɪməɹsəm/ adjective1 •(Scotland, old-fashioned) Easily frightened; timorous.Maister Mordaunt , is as tender as ony man's in my degree ; but she is something of a timorsome nature , cannot abide angry folk — 1822 formsmore timorsome · most timorsome