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timorous
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Frankenstein - 1831 version
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- Several witnesses were called who had known her for many years, and they spoke well of her; but fear and hatred of the crime of which they supposed her guilty rendered them timorous and unwilling to come forward.†
p. 85.9
Definitions:
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(1)
(timorous) timid (fearful) or shy
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)