Wiktionary
n. (context idiomatic English) A very shy person, who avoids contact with others if possible.
WordNet
n. someone who shrinks from familiarity with others [syn: shy person]
Wikipedia
Shrinking Violet is the sixth album by glam metal band L.A. Guns, first released on June 1, 1999, through Perris Records, and is the only L.A. Guns album with singer Jizzy Pearl. The album was reissued, with bonus tracks and new artwork, on May 24, 2010, through Favored Nations. The album was produced by former Guns N' Roses guitarist Gilby Clarke who also provided additional guitars on the track "Dreamtime".
Shrinking Violet may refer to:
Usage examples of "shrinking violet".
I don't want to be some shrinking violet protected from the real world and used as a brood mare to advance the Carpathian race.
She began to wilt like a shrinking violet under the heat of Anthea's vengeance.
Of course, no shrinking violet would be skippering a free trader at such a relatively young age, but it went deeper than that.
Now the ladies of the heart of the Set, bored with each other, flung an occasional retort at the shrinking violet in the midst of their convivial bouquet—.
Now the ladies of the heart of the Set, bored with each other, flung an occasional retort at the shrinking violet in the midst of their convivial bouquetsweet words, sharp-edged and biting, liqueur laced with poison, swords beneath silk.