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Definition of Coyness
1. Noun. The affectation of being demure in a provocative way.
Definition of Coyness
1. n. The quality of being coy; feigned or bashful unwillingness to become familiar; reserve.
Definition of Coyness
1. Noun. The property of being coy. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Coyness
1. the state of being coy [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Coyness
Literary usage of Coyness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Primitive Love and Love-stories by Henry Theophilus Finck (1899)
"Female coyness prevents too hasty marriages, and the girls who lack it often live
... coyness prolongs the period of courtship and, by keeping the suitor in ..."
2. The History of Human Marriage by Edward Westermarck (1922)
"It should, first, be noticed that in various cases at least the coyness of the
female may be regarded as a modified continuation of a previous absolute ..."
3. Romantic Love and Personal Beauty: Their Development, Causal Relations by Henry Theophilus Finck (1887)
"Disadvantages of coyness.—Beneficial as are no doubt the effects which have been
brought about by female coyness in developing the art of Courtship, ..."
4. View of the State of Europe During the Middle Ages by Henry Hallam (1848)
"Neither the maiden's coyness, nor the widow's affliction, neither aversion to
the proffered candidates, nor love to one more favoured, seem to have passed ..."
5. British Popular Customs, Present and Past: Illustrating the Social and by Thomas Firminger Thiselton Dyer (1900)
"This mode of salutation is quite a matter of course ; it is never taken amiss,
nor with much show of coyness ; the female must be very ordinary indeed, ..."
6. Darwinism and the Problems of Life: A Study of Familiar Animal Life by Konrad Guenther, Joseph McCabe (1906)
"Explanation of coyness and the animal coquette. Female selection inadmissible.
The love - dance. Selection of the apparent strongest. ..."
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