COY
ADJECTIVES
► CUTESIE ► CUTESY affectedly coy or cute → 1968 colloq., chiefly US
► SKEIGH coy, shy, disdainful, proud → 1560 Sc.
► SKITTISH inclined to show coyness or reserve → 1648
► VERECUND coy, modest, bashful; shy → 1550
► VERECUNDIOUS coy, modest, bashful, shy → 1639 obs.
VERBS
► MAIDEN IT to be coy; to act like a maiden → 1597 obs.
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