Both Uses of
timorous
in
Jane Eyre
- I mean the timorous or carping few who doubt the tendency of such books as "Jane Eyre:" in whose eyes whatever is unusual is wrong; whose ears detect in each protest against bigotry — that parent of crime — an insult to piety, that regent of God on earth.†
Chpt Pref. *
- I looked with timorous joy towards a stately house: I saw a blackened ruin.†
Chpt 36
Definition:
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(timorous) timid (fearful) or shy