#340 diffident

diffident- lacking self confidence; timid; shy

C15 from Latin diffidere to distrust, from dis not+fidere to trust diffidence, diffidently

He is a skilled and loyal swordsman, but his naïve, diffident nature has time and again caused him to be let go by the lord whom he has worked.

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