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English
Etymology
bashful + -ness
Noun
bashfulness (usually uncountable, plural bashfulnesses)
- The quality or property of being bashful
- Synonyms: shyness, reserve, timidity
1749, [John Cleland], “(Please specify the letter or volume)”, in Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure [Fanny Hill], London: G. Fenton , →OCLC:I, smiling in his face, took the letter, and immediately catching gently hold of his shirt sleeve, drew him towards me, blushing, and almost trembling; for surely his extreme bashfulness, and utter inexperience, call'd for, at least, all the advances to encourage him
Translations
the quality or property of being bashful