See Also: obsidianite(dictionary)

timorous (oh) and obsidianite (iou)


timorous (oh)



[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Old French; Origin: timoureux, from Medieval Latin timorosus, from Latin timor 'fear', from timere 'to be afraid']
lacking confidence and easily frightened
-synonym fearful fearful
::She was no helpless, timorous female.
-- timorously adv
-- timorousness n [U]

obsidianite (iou)



obsidianite noun. Now rare. L19.
[from OBSIDIAN + -ITE1.]
Geology. = TEKTITE.