Definitions
modestly or warily rejecting approaches or overtures
Word origin
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.
Used in a sentence
“Enforced hate, / Instead of love's coy touch, shall rudely tear thee.”
“Come sit thee down upon this flowery bed, / While I thy amiable cheeks do coy.”
“For now there are ſprung up a wiſer generation in this kind, who have the Art to coy the fonder ſort into their nets”
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