esquividad

Spanish

Etymology

From esquivo + -idad.

Noun

esquividad f (plural esquividades)

  1. (Archaic) shyness, timidness, elusiveness
    Synonym: esquivez
    • (Can we date this quote?), Garcilaso de la Vega, Égloga I:
      "Por ti el silencio de la selva umbrosa / por ti la esquividad y apartamiento / del solitario monte me agradaba"
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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