Coy

Chamber's Twientieth Century Dictionary · 1908 · p. 25

koy, adj. modest: bashful: shy.— v.t. ( Shak. ) to care : ( Shak. ) to disdain.— adj. Coy′ish , somewhat coy.— adv. Coy′ishly .— n. Coy′ishne .— adv. Coy′ly .— n. Coy′ne . [Fr. coi —L. quietus , quiet.]