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#*: {{RQ:Shakespeare Midsummer|IV|i|passage=Come sit thee down upon this flowery bed, / While I thy amiable cheeks do '''coy'''.}}
#*: {{RQ:Shakespeare Midsummer|IV|i|passage=Come sit thee down upon this flowery bed, / While I thy amiable cheeks do '''coy'''.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive|obsolete}} To [[calm]] or [[soothe]].
# {{lb|en|transitive|obsolete}} To [[calm]] or [[soothe]].
# To [[allure]]; to [[decoy]].
# {{lb|en|transitive|obsolete}} To [[allure]]; to [[decoy]].
#* {{quote-book|en
|year=1635
|author={{w|Edward Rainbowe}}
|title=Labour Forbidden, and Commanded. A Sermon Preached at S<sup>t.</sup> Pauls{{sic}} Church, September 28. 1634.
|location=London
|publisher=Nicholas Vavasour
|page=29
|passage=For now there are ſprung up a wiſer generation in this kind, who have the Art to '''coy''' the fonder ſort into their nets
}}


===Etymology 2===
===Etymology 2===

Revision as of 10:01, 24 September 2020

See also: Coy and cố ý

English

WOTD – 15 July 2007

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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(deprecated template usage)

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French coi, earlier quei (“quiet, still”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin quietus (“resting, at rest”). Doublet of quiet.

Adjective

coy (comparative coyer, superlative coyest)

  1. (dated) Bashful, shy, retiring.
  2. (archaic) Quiet, reserved, modest.
  3. Reluctant to give details about something sensitive; notably prudish.
  4. Pretending shyness or modesty, especially in an insincere or flirtatious way.
  5. Soft, gentle, hesitating.
Derived terms

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Translations
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Verb

coy (third-person singular simple present coys, present participle coying, simple past and past participle coyed)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) To caress, pet; to coax, entice.
    • c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:
      Come sit thee down upon this flowery bed, / While I thy amiable cheeks do coy.
  2. (transitive, obsolete) To calm or soothe.
  3. (transitive, obsolete) To allure; to decoy.
    • 1635, Edward Rainbowe, Labour Forbidden, and Commanded. A Sermon Preached at St. Pauls[sic] Church, September 28. 1634., London: Nicholas Vavasour, page 29:
      For now there are ſprung up a wiſer generation in this kind, who have the Art to coy the fonder ſort into their nets

Etymology 2

Compare decoy.

Noun

coy (plural coys)

  1. A trap from which waterfowl may be hunted.

Etymology 3

Abbreviation of company.

Noun

coy (plural coys)

  1. (military) A company

References

Anagrams

Huave

Etymology 1

Noun

coy

  1. rheumatism

References

  • Stairs Kreger, Glenn Albert, Scharfe de Stairs, Emily Florence, Olvaries Oviedo, Proceso, Ponce Villanueva, Tereso, Comonfort Llave, Lorenzo (1981) Diccionario huave de San Mateo del Mar (Serie de vocabularios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 24)‎[2] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, pages 88, 205, 268

Etymology 2

Noun

coy

  1. rabbit

References

  • Stairs Kreger, Glenn Albert, Scharfe de Stairs, Emily Florence, Olvaries Oviedo, Proceso, Ponce Villanueva, Tereso, Comonfort Llave, Lorenzo (1981) Diccionario huave de San Mateo del Mar (Serie de vocabularios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 24)‎[3] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, pages 88, 212, 416

Etymology 3

Noun

coy

  1. short tail, stub

References

  • Stairs Kreger, Glenn Albert, Scharfe de Stairs, Emily Florence, Olvaries Oviedo, Proceso, Ponce Villanueva, Tereso, Comonfort Llave, Lorenzo (1981) Diccionario huave de San Mateo del Mar (Serie de vocabularios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 24)‎[4] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, pages 88, 211, 265

Middle French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French coi, from Vulgar Latin quetus, from Latin quietus.

Adjective

coy m (feminine singular coye, masculine plural coys, feminine plural coyes)

  1. (of a person) calm; composed

Descendants

  • French: coi

Spanish

Etymology

From Dutch kooi (“bunk”). Doublet of gavia and cávea.

Pronunciation

Noun

coy m (plural cois)

  1. (nautical) a type of hammock made of sailcloth used as a makeshift bunk
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