Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

coyness

/kɔɪnɛs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.65 in modern English

Syllables: coy-ness
IPA: /kɔɪnɛs/

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The property of being coy.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Her coyneſs was conquered by aſſiduity, and at laſt ſhe conſented to reſign the treaſure of her charms to my paſſion."
"Former Harvard professor and communist Noel Ignatiev, who co-founded the New Abolitionist Society and founded a journal called Race Traitor, named after a book he coauthored in the mid-1990s, famously advocated for the complete abolition of the white race […] Note a certain coyness about whether this destruction refers to only a white race category or to all white-skinned people."

Etymology

Etymology tree English coy Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English coyness From coy + -ness.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

coynesses (plural)

Synonyms

demureness

Questions

How do you pronounce coyness?: The recorded pronunciation is /kɔɪnɛs/.
What does coyness mean?: The property of being coy.
Where does coyness come from?: Etymology tree English coy Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English coyness From coy + -ness.

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