bashfulness

bashfulness

English

Etymology

bashful +‎ -ness

Noun

bashfulness (usually uncountable, plural bashfulnesses)

1. The quality or property of being bashful

   Synonyms: shyness, reserve, timidity

   • 1749, [John Cleland], Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure [Fanny Hill], London: Printed [by Thomas Parker] for G. Fenton [i.e., Fenton and Ralph Griffiths] […], OCLC 731622352:

     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

Arabic: خَجَل‎ (ar) m (ḵajal), حَيَاء‎ m (ḥayāʾ) Finnish: kainostelu (fi)

Greek: αιδημοσύνη (el) f (aidimosýni), ντροπαλοσύνη (el) f (dropalosýni), ντροπαλότητα (el) f (dropalótita) Ancient: αἰδοσύνη f (aidosúnē), αἰδημοσύνη f (aidēmosúnē)