Word Study
coyness
CIDE DICTIONARY
coyness, n.
The quality of being coy; feigned o/ bashful unwillingness to become familiar; reserve. [1913 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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