coy
/kɔɪ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.10 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Pretending shyness or modesty, especially in an insincere or flirtatious way.
adj
Soft, gentle, hesitating.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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"