pavid

From Latin pavidus, from paveō (“to fear”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpæ.vɪd/
• Rhymes: -ævɪd

pavid (comparative more pavid, superlative most pavid)

1. fearful, timid
   • 1843, William Harrison Ainsworth, Ainsworth's Magazine:

     Their multitudes might inspire even their pavid nature with courage to attack, and brought to my fancy the fate of that unhappy prisoner who, thrown into a blind dungeon, was in one night literally devoured by rats.

• VAPID, vapid