timersome

If a man's not a bit timersome about facin his Maker, then he ought to be.

The Gentleman A Romance of the Sea Alfred Ollivant 1900

I've know'd chaps, now, as timersome as settlement girls, that were always in such a mortal funk about what _was_ to happen, or _might_ happen, that they were never fit for anything that _did_ happen; always lookin 'ahead, and never around them.

The Young Fur Traders 1859

I've know'd chaps, now, as timersome as settlement girls, that were always in such a mortal funk about what

The Young Fur Traders 1859

"I'm rather timersome about this conveyance," said the purchaser, having at length waded through the covenants of the deed.

The Spy James Fenimore Cooper 1820

She says it appears to her in her bedroom every night; but she knows I'm so timersome that she keeps her door always locked for fraid I'd see it, poor child. "

The Evil Eye; Or, The Black Spector The Works of William Carleton, Volume One William Carleton 1831

I'm very timersome, an 'a little thing frightens me. "

The Black Prophet: A Tale Of Irish Famine Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three William Carleton 1831

"Oh," said Sullivan, "I didn't think of that: in troth, if you're timersome, it's more than the world b'lieves of you.

The Black Prophet: A Tale Of Irish Famine Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three William Carleton 1831

Why the sarra do you be spakin 'about the sickness, the Lord protect us, whin you know I'm so timersome of it? "

The Poor Scholar Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three William Carleton 1831