Word Study
coyness
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun coyness has 1 sense
- coyness(n = noun.attribute) demureness - the affectation of being demure in a provocative way; Array is a kind of affectedness
Derived forms adjective coy2, adjective coy1
CIDE DICTIONARY
coyness, n.
The quality of being coy; feigned o1913 Webster]
"When the kind nymph would coyness feign,
And hides but to be found again."
And hides but to be found again."
Syn. -- Reserve; shrinking; shyness; backwardness; modesty; bashfulness.
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