different between timid vs puritanical

English

Etymology

From Middle French timide, from Latin timidus (“full of fear, fearful, timid”), from time? (“I fear”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?m?d/

Adjective

timid (comparative timider, superlative timidest)

1. Lacking in courage or confidence.

   Synonyms: fearful, timorous, shy; see also Thesaurus:cautious, Thesaurus:shy

   Antonyms: daredevil, dauntless, bellicose, reckless, aggressive

Derived terms

• timidly
• timidness

Related terms

• intimidate
• intimidation
• timidity

Translations

Further reading

• timid in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• timid in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• dimit

Ibaloi

Noun

timid

1. (anatomy) chin

Ilocano

Noun

timid

1. (anatomy) chin

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French timide and Latin timidus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ti?mid/

Adjective

timid m or n (feminine singular timid?, masculine plural timizi, feminine and neuter plural timide)

1. timid, shy

Declension

Related terms

• timiditate

English

Etymology

puritanic +? -al

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pj???.??tæn.?.k?l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /pj?.??tæn.?.kl?/

Adjective

puritanical (comparative more puritanical, superlative most puritanical)

1. Of or pertaining to the Puritans, or to their doctrines and practice.
2. Precise in observance of legal or religious requirements; strict; overscrupulous; rigid (often used by way of reproach or contempt).

Quotations

Mrs. Barrymore is of interest to me. She is a heavy, solid person, very limited, intensely respectable, and inclined to be puritanical. You could hardly conceive a less emotional subject. Yet I have told you how, on the first night here, I heard her sobbing bitterly, and since then I have more than once observed traces of tears upon her face. Some deep sorrow gnaws ever at her heart. Sometimes I wonder if she has a guilty memory which haunts her, and sometimes I suspect Barrymore of being a domestic tyrant.

Translations

Noun

puritanical (plural puritanicals)

1. One who holds puritanical attitudes.

Anagrams

• unpiratical