timoroso

From Italian timoroso.

timoroso (not comparable)

1. (music) (To be played) in a timid, hesitant manner.

• timorous

• temoroso (obsolete)

From Medieval Latin or Late Latin timorōsus, from Latin timor; probably altered from the older form temoroso, now obsolete. Compare Catalan and Occitan temorós, Portuguese and Spanish temeroso.

• IPA^(key): /ti.moˈro.zo/, (traditional) /ti.moˈro.so/
• Rhymes: -ozo, (traditional) -oso
• Hyphenation: ti‧mo‧ró‧so

timoroso (feminine timorosa, masculine plural timorosi, feminine plural timorose)

1. afraid, fearful, skittish, timorous

• timorosamente

• timore