Coyness

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Coyness \Coy"ness\, 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.         --Dryden.
  
     Syn: Reserve; shrinking; shyness; backwardness; modesty;
          bashfulness.
          [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  coyness
       n : the affectation of being demure in a provocative way [syn: {demureness}]