coyness
91timidity — n 1. timorousness, pusillanimity, fear fulness, fearsomeness, lily liveredness, faintheartedness, weak heartedness, Inf. chicken heartedness, Inf. chicken liveredness, Sl. yellow belliedness; cowardice, cowardliness, dastardliness, poltroonery,… …
92coy — /kɔɪ / (say koy) adjective 1. shy; modest. 2. affectedly shy or reserved. 3. Obsolete disdainful. 4. Obsolete quiet. {Middle English, from French coi, earlier quei, from Latin quiētus at rest} –coyly, adverb –coyness, noun …
93βαυκίσματα — βαύκισμα coyness neut nom/voc/acc pl …
94modesty — [n] shyness bashfulness, celibacy, chastity, constraint, coyness, decency, delicacy, demureness, diffidence, discreetness, humbleness, humility, inhibition, innocence, lack of pretension, meekness, propriety, prudery, purity, quietness, reserve,… …
95reserve — [n1] supply ace in hole*, assets, backlog, cache, capital, drop, emergency fund*, fund, hoard, insurance, inventory, nest egg*, plant, provisions, rainy day fund*, reservoir, resources, savings, stash*, stock, stockpile, store, wealth; concepts… …
96coy — ► ADJECTIVE (coyer, coyest) 1) pretending shyness or modesty. 2) reluctant to give details about something sensitive: he s coy about his age. DERIVATIVES coyly adverb coyness noun. ORIGIN Old French coi, from Latin …
97coyly — coy ► ADJECTIVE (coyer, coyest) 1) pretending shyness or modesty. 2) reluctant to give details about something sensitive: he s coy about his age. DERIVATIVES coyly adverb coyness noun. ORIGIN Old French coi, from Latin …
98demure — [14] Etymologically, someone who is demure is quiet and settled, not agitated. The word comes from demore, the past participle of Old French demorer ‘stay’ (source of English demur), and so semantically is a parallel formation to staid. One of… …
99kind — Formerly a well used vocative element, now mainly used in ‘kind sir,’ which often occurs in ‘Thank you, kind sir,’ uttered with mock coyness and humility by a woman to a man. ‘Kind’ usually has its modern meaning of ‘benevolent’ in Shakespeare …
100coy — [koi] adj. [ME, still, quiet < OFr coi, earlier quei < LL * quetus < L quietus: see QUIET] 1. Obs. quiet; silent 2. a) shrinking from contact or familiarity with others; bashful; shy b) primly reserved; demure 3. affecting innocence or s …
