esquividad

Spanish

Etymology

From esquivo +‎ -idad.

Noun

esquividad f (plural esquividades)

1. (Archaic) shyness, timidness, elusiveness

   Synonym: esquivez

   • (Can we date this quote?), Garcilaso de la Vega, Égloga I:

     "Por ti el silencio de la selva umbrosa / por ti la esquividad y apartamiento / del solitario monte me agradaba"

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

• “esquividad”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10