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English
Etymology
From coy + -ness.
Pronunciation
Noun
coyness (usually uncountable, plural coynesses)
- The property of being coy.
1769, Firishta, translated by Alexander Dow, Tales translated from the Persian of Inatulla of Delhi, volume I, Dublin: P. and W. Wilson et al., page 15:Her coyneſs was conquered by aſſiduity, and at laſt ſhe conſented to reſign the treaſure of her charms to my paſſion.
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