Foy vs Coy - What's the difference?
foy | coy |
(obsolete, rare) Faith, allegiance.
* , II.x:
(obsolete) A feast given by one about to leave a place.
* 1661 November 25, Samuel Pepys, The Diary of Samuel Pepys: 1661 , 2006, Echo Library,
(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
As nouns the difference between foy and coy
is that foy is faith, allegiance while coy is a trap from which waterfowl may be hunted.As an adjective coy is
bashful, shy, retiring.As a verb coy is
to caress, pet; to coax, entice.foy
English
Noun
(-)- He Easterland subdewd, and Danmarke wonne, / And of them both did foy and tribute raise, / The which was dew in his dead fathers dayes.
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- To Westminster Hall in the morning with Captain Lambert, and there he did at the Dog give me and some other friends of his, his foy , he being to set sail to-day towards the Streights.
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.