Temerity is the possession of boldness and confidence – quite the opposite of Timorous. It sounds like a positive attribute but can so easily made negative with a statement like:
“You have the temerity to come round here and ask me a question like that?!
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I woke up keen to know how much more snow we might have today and wether I’d be able to go for a walk this afternoon. We have such terrible TV reception round her that we get our TV on the satellite. There was no signal. It turned out the Dish was covered in snow and so giving us no reception.
My lovely daughter joined me on my walk up to the woods. It was so quiet – even on the road, just a few people driving around in their 4x4s because they could. Everyone must have taken the day off. There were a lot of people walking along the roads, but only a few dog walkers in the woods.
I thought I knew the paths well, but the snow covers all trace of the minor paths and makes every turn look different. We didn’t get lost, but did take a wrong turn once.
Timorous means to show nervousness or lack of confidence, most famously used in Rabbi Burns’ famous poem, to a mouse – ‘Wee Sleekit, couring, timorous beastie’
I chose the word because I heard it used in place of temerity, which means something quite different. Have temerity and wait till tommorrow to find exactly what!
Learn a new word every day.
Repeat it and remind yourself what it means at least three times in a day.
Try to use the word in conversation or writing today.
Get a dictionary and look words up.