(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:46:54

Coy"ness, n.

The quality of being coy; feigned o bashful unwillingness to become familiar; reserve.

When the kind nymph would coyness feign, And hides but to be found again. Dryden.

Syn. -- Reserve; shrinking; shyness; backwardness; modesty; bashfulness.

 

© Webster 1913.

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