Coyed vs Coted - What's the difference?
coyed | coted |
(coy)
(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
(obsolete) To caress, pet; to coax, entice.
* Shakespeare
(obsolete) To calm or soothe.
To allure; to decoy.
* Bishop Rainbow
(cote)
A cottage or hut.
A small structure built to contain domesticated animals such as sheep, pigs or pigeons.
* Milton
(obsolete) To quote.
To go side by side with; hence, to pass by; to outrun and get before.
* Shakespeare
* 1825 , , The Talisman , A. and C. Black (1868), 37:
As verbs the difference between coyed and coted
is that coyed is (coy) while coted is (cote).coyed
English
Verb
(head)Anagrams
*coy
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) coi, earlier .Adjective
(er)- Enforced hate, / Instead of love's coy touch, shall rudely tear thee.
Derived terms
* coyly * coynessVerb
(en verb)- Come sit thee down upon this flowery bed, / While I thy amiable cheeks do coy .
- A wiser generation, who have the art to coy the fonder sort into their nets.
Etymology 2
Compare decoy.References
* [http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=coy&searchmode=none]coted
English
Verb
(head)cote
English
Etymology 1
From the (etyl) cote, the feminine form of . Cognate to Dutch kot.Noun
(en noun)- Watching where shepherds pen their flocks, at eve, / In hurdled cotes .
Synonyms
* shedEtymology 2
See quote.Verb
(cot)- (Udall)
Etymology 3
Probably related to (etyl) .Verb
(cot)- A dog cotes a hare.
- (Drayton)
- We coted them on the way, and hither are they coming.
- [...]strength to pull down a bull——swiftness to cote an antelope.