timulo

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tiˈmulo/
  • Rhymes: -ulo
  • Hyphenation: ti‧mu‧lo

Noun

timulo (accusative singular timulon, plural timuloj, accusative plural timulojn)

  1. coward, person easily frightened
    Synonym: malkuraĝulo
    Antonym: kuraĝulo
    • 1894, William Shakespeare, translated by L. L. Zamenhof, Hamleto, act III scene 1:
      La konscienco faras nin timuloj.
      Thus conscience does make cowards of us all.
      (literally, “The conscience makes us cowards.”)
    • 1907, Henri Vallienne, chapter 5, in Kastelo de Prelongo:
      Vi diros ke mi estas timulo, kaj vi estos prava; ĉar nun la timo ĉefas mian volecon.
      You will say I'm a coward, and you will be right, for now fear outranks my will.
    • 1933, Henryk Sienkiewicz, chapter 6, in Lidia Zamenhof, transl., Quo vadis?:
      Nero serĉas pretekstojn, ĉar Nero estas timulo.
      Nero's looking for a pretext, because Nero is a coward.
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