Both Uses of
diffident
in
Frankenstein
- Young men should be diffident of themselves, you know, M. Clerval: I was myself when young; but that wears out in a very short time.†
Chpt 6 *
- My father was in the meantime overjoyed and in the bustle of preparation only recognized in the melancholy of his niece the diffidence of a bride.†
Chpt 22
Definition:
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(diffident) hesitant and unassertive -- often due to a lack of self-confidence