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Coy vs Coq - What's the difference?

coy | coq |

As an adjective coy

is (dated) bashful, shy, retiring.

As a verb coy

is (obsolete) to caress, pet; to coax, entice.

As a noun coy

is a trap from which waterfowl may be hunted.

As a proper noun coq is

coquihalla.

coy

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) coi, earlier .

Adjective

(er)
  • (dated) Bashful, shy, retiring.
  • (archaic) Quiet, reserved, modest.
  • Reluctant to give details about something sensitive; notably prudish.
  • Pretending shyness or modesty, especially in an insincere or flirtatious way.
  • Soft, gentle, hesitating.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Enforced hate, / Instead of love's coy touch, shall rudely tear thee.
    Derived terms
    * coyly * coyness

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To caress, pet; to coax, entice.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Come sit thee down upon this flowery bed, / While I thy amiable cheeks do coy .
  • (obsolete) To calm or soothe.
  • To allure; to decoy.
  • * Bishop Rainbow
  • A wiser generation, who have the art to coy the fonder sort into their nets.

    Etymology 2

    Compare decoy.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A trap from which waterfowl may be hunted.
  • References

    * [http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=coy&searchmode=none]

    coq

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A trimming of cock feathers on a woman's hat.
  • * 1897 , Ladies' home journal: Volume 15
  • with a flat Tarn crown of heliotrope velvet, a drapery under the brim, and two flat coq feathers.
  • * 1921 , Millinery trade review: Volume 46
  • A smart all-black model has just arrived from Jeanne Due. It is turban-trimmed with black coq which forms a bow drape.
  • * 2010 , Deborah Davis, Party of the Century
  • It was the Spanish rooster, the bird that produced coq' feathers, that sacrificed the most plumage. ' Coqs , the rooster's long, curved, and iridescent tail feathers, were plucked from the bird to trim hats or, in this case, masks.
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