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Timidity

(c. 1599–1687) too timid to ask for Priscilla’s hand in marriage. [Am. Lit.: “The Courtship of Miles Standish” in Benét, 230]

Bergson, Emil

could only express love for Marie in secret thoughts. [Am. Lit.: 0 Pioneers!, Magill I, 663–665]

Blushington, Edward

upon taking marriage vows, he needs wine to say “I do.” [Br. Lit.: The Bashful Man, Walsh Modern, 62–63]

Cowardly Lion

timid king of beasts. [Am. Lit.: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz]

Crane, Ichabod

timorous schoolteacher. [Am. Lit.: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow]

cyclamen

traditional symbol of timidity. [Flower Symbolism: Jobes, 400]

Florimel

feared “the smallest monstrous mouse that creeps on floor.” [Br. Lit.: Faerie Queene]

Kent, Clark

mild-mannered reporter whose dynamic alter ego is Superman. [Comics: Berger, 146]

Little Dorrit

withdrawn, self-effacing seamstress. [Br. Lit.: Little Dorrit]

Little Miss Muffet

frightened away by a spider. [Nurs. Rhyme: Opie, 323]

Milquetoast, Casper

the timid soul; easily controlled by others. [Comics: The Timid Soul, Espy, 141]

Mitty, Walter

timid, henpecked husband. [Am. Lit.: Payton, 448]

Peepers, Mr

. shy character in TV series. [TV: Terrace, II, 118–119]

peony

symbol of shyness and timidity. [Flower Symbolism: Flora Symbolica, 176]

Piglet

diffident little pig; tremulously courageous. [Children’s Lit.: Winnie-the-Pooh]

Prufrock, J. Alfred

indecisive man, too shy and evasive to make a proposal. [Br. Poetry: T. S. Eliot “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”]

rush

indicates docility and diffidence. [Flower Symbolism: Flora Symbolica, 177]

Wingfield, Laura

crippled girl so shy that she has withdrawn into her own confined world. [Am. Drama: Williams The Glass Menagerie in Benét, 400]

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No references found	Grose only as an effect of our consideration for my inevitable strangeness and her natural timidity. Turn Of The Screw by James, Henry View in context Her mother leaves her more to herself than she did, and I have her with me as much as possible, and have taken great pains to overcome her timidity. Lady Susan by Austen, Jane View in context Hiding order beneath the cloak of disorder is simply a question of subdivision; concealing courage under a show of timidity presupposes a fund of latent energy; masking strength with weakness is to be effected by tactical dispositions. The Art of War by Sun, Tzu View in context	time-stratigraphic facies time-stratigraphic unit time-transgressive time-varying system time-weighted average timelike path timelike surface timelike vector timely completion timeout Timer timer clock timer interrupt Timerevo Kurgans Timerman, Jacobo Times Literary Supplement Times of India times sign Times Square Times, the times-or-divided-by timesharing timeshifting timestamp Timgad Timidity timing timing belt timing circuit Timing Device Timing Diagram timing error timing gears timing loop timing motor timing relay timing signal timing signals timing-axis oscillator timing-belt pulley Timir Alekseevich Pinegin Timir Pinegin Timiriazev, Dmitrii Timiriazev, Dmitrii Arkadevich Timiriazev, Kliment Timiriazev, Kliment Arkadevich Timiriazev, Vasilii Timiriazev, Vasilii Ivanovich Timiriazevskii Timis Timis River	Timewasting timework timeworker timeworn timeworn Timex Sinclair 1000 Timezone Timezone Timezones Timezones TIMF TIMG Timgad Timgad TIMI Timi & Leslie TIMI 3 TIMI classification TIMI studies Timi-=scedil.gif=-oara timid timid timid timid timider timider timider timidest timidest timidest Timidity* Timidity++ Timidity++ Timidity++ Timidity++ timidly timidly timidly timidness timidness timidness Timidous TIMIG Timimoun Timimoune timing timing timing timing timing timing timing Timing & Frequency Unit Timing & Synchronization Timing advance Timing Algorithm Timing and Acquisition Bit Timing and Acquisition Processor Timing and Control Timing and Control Block Timing and Control Panel

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Grose only as an effect of our consideration for my inevitable strangeness and her natural timidity.

Turn Of The Screw by James, Henry View in context

Her mother leaves her more to herself than she did, and I have her with me as much as possible, and have taken great pains to overcome her timidity.

Lady Susan by Austen, Jane View in context

Hiding order beneath the cloak of disorder is simply a question of subdivision; concealing courage under a show of timidity presupposes a fund of latent energy; masking strength with weakness is to be effected by tactical dispositions.

The Art of War by Sun, Tzu View in context

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