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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Timidity \Ti*mid"i*ty\, noun [L. timiditas: cf. F. timidit['e].] The quality or state of being timid; timorousness; timidness.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
timidity
noun
1: fear of the unknown or unfamiliar and of making decisions [syn: {timidness}, {timorousness}]
2: fearfulness in venturing into new and unknown places or activities [syn: {timorousness}] [ant: {boldness}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
42 Moby Thesaurus words for "timidity": afraidness, bashfulness, chicken-liveredness, chickenheartedness, confusion, cowardice, cowardliness, coyness, demureness, demurity, diffidence, embarrassment, faintheart, faintheartedness, fear, fearfulness, henheartedness, jumpiness, lily-liveredness, milksopism, milksoppiness, milksoppishness, mousiness, pigeonheartedness, self-consciousness, shamefacedness, shamefastness, shrinkingness, shyness, skittishness, softness, stage fright, stagefright, stammering, startlishness, timidness, timorousness, unmanfulness, unmanliness, weakheartedness, weakness, yellowness
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