cloy
/klɔɪ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.48 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A male given name.
Example Sentences
- "Now all this was very fine, but not at all in keeping with the Celebrity's character as I had come to conceive it. The idea that adulation ever cloyed on him was ludicrous in itself. In fact I thought the whole story fishy, and came very near to saying so."
- "The third Iraq veteran -- 23-year-old Cloy Richards of Salem, Missouri, who was wounded in combat -- will avoid losing his disability benefits after agreeing not to wear his uniform at future protests, the Marine Corps said."
Etymology
From an aphetic form of Middle English acloyen, from Old French enclouer, encloer, from Vulgar Latin *inclāvāre, from Late Latin clāvāre, from Latin clāvus.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *(s)kleh₂w-, acloyen, enclouer, *inclāvāre, clāvō, clāvus
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /klɔɪ/