coyness

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Etymology

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From coy +‎ -ness.

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Noun

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coyness (usually uncountable, plural coynesses)

  1. The property of being coy.
    • 1769, Firishta, translated by Alexander Dow, Tales translated from the Persian of Inatulla of Delhi, volume I, Dublin: P. and W. Wilson et al., page 15:
      Her coyneſs was conquered by aſſiduity, and at laſt ſhe conſented to reſign the treaſure of her charms to my paſſion.

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