bashfulness

English

bashfulness (usually uncountable, plural bashfulnesses)

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

the quality or property of being bashful

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

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