01 n. The quality of being coy; feigned o� bashful unwillingness to become familiar; reserve.
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The quality of being coy; feigned o� bashful unwillingness to become familiar; reserve.“When the kind nymph would coyness feign, And hides but to be found again.” — Dryden.
Syn.
Reserve; shrinking; shyness; backwardness; modesty; bashfulness.