Coy
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coy¹
- /kɔɪ/
Sounds like koi · Rhymes with -ɔɪ
Where it comes from
From Middle English coy, from Old French coi, earlier quei (“quiet, still”), from Latin qu(i)ētus (“resting, at rest”). Doublet of quit, quiet, quite, and quietus.
adjective coyer · coyest
- Bashful, shy, retiring.
- Quiet, reserved, modest.
- Reluctant to give details about something sensitive; notably prudish.
- Pretending shyness or modesty, especially in an insincere or flirtatious way. The ill-bred miss, the bird-brained Jill, / May simper and be coy at will; / A lady, sir, as you will find, / Keeps counsel, or she speaks her mind, / Means what she says and scorns to fence / And palter with feigned innocence.
- Soft, gentle, hesitating. Enforced hate, / Instead of love's coy touch, shall rudely tear thee.
verb coys · coying · coyed
- To caress, pet; to coax, entice. Come sit thee down upon this flowery bed, / While I thy amiable cheeks do coy.
- To calm or soothe.
- To allure; to decoy. For now there are ſprung up a wiſer generation in this kind, who have the Art to coy the fonder ſort into their nets
coy²
- /kɔɪ/
Sounds like koi · Rhymes with -ɔɪ
Where it comes from
Compare decoy.
noun coys
- A trap from which waterfowl may be hunted.
coy³
- /kɔɪ/
Sounds like koi · Rhymes with -ɔɪ
Where it comes from
Abbreviation of company.
noun coys
- A company
Coy⁴
- /kɔɪ/
Sounds like coy, koi · Rhymes with -ɔɪ
Where it comes from
The community is named after local merchant George McCoy.
proper noun Coys · Coye
- A surname.
- An unincorporated community in McDonald County, Missouri.
