Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for COY
COY, a. [Fr. coi, or coy, quiet, still; contracted probably from the L. quietus, or its root, or from cautus.]
Modest; silent; reserved; not accessible; shy; not easily condescending to familiarity. Like Daphne she, as lovely and as coy. – Waller.
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