coyness

English

Etymology

From coy +‎ -ness.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔɪnɛs/, /kɔɪnəs/

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• Rhymes: -ɔɪnəs

Noun

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.

Translations

state of being coy

• German: Scheuheit (de) f