Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to coy
Participle: coyed
Gerund: coying
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | coy |
| you | coy |
| he;she;it | coys |
| we | coy |
| you | coy |
| they | coy |
Perfect
| I | have coyed |
| you | have coyed |
| he;she;it | has coyed |
| we | have coyed |
| you | have coyed |
| they | have coyed |
Past
| I | coyed |
| you | coyed |
| he;she;it | coyed |
| we | coyed |
| you | coyed |
| they | coyed |
Pluperfect
| I | had coyed |
| you | had coyed |
| he;she;it | had coyed |
| we | had coyed |
| you | had coyed |
| they | had coyed |
Future
| I | will coy |
| you | will coy |
| he;she;it | will coy |
| we | will coy |
| you | will coy |
| they | will coy |
Future Perfect
| I | will have coyed |
| you | will have coyed |
| he;she;it | will have coyed |
| we | will have coyed |
| you | will have coyed |
| they | will have coyed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | coy |
| you | coy |
| he;she;it | coy |
| we | coy |
| you | coy |
| they | coy |
Perfect
| I | have coyed |
| you | have coyed |
| he;she;it | have coyed |
| we | have coyed |
| you | have coyed |
| they | have coyed |
Imperfect
| I | coyed |
| you | coyed |
| he;she;it | coyed |
| we | coyed |
| you | coyed |
| they | coyed |
Pluperfect
| I | had coyed |
| you | had coyed |
| he;she;it | had coyed |
| we | had coyed |
| you | had coyed |
| they | had coyed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would coy |
| you | would coy |
| he;she;it | would coy |
| we | would coy |
| you | would coy |
| they | would coy |
Perfect
| I | would have coyed |
| you | would have coyed |
| he;she;it | would have coyed |
| we | would have coyed |
| you | would have coyed |
| they | would have coyed |
Imperative
| you | coy |
| we | Let's coy |
| you | coy |
Verbs conjugated like 'coy'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'coy'
acoy,
boy,
cloy,
cly,
cob,
cod,
cog,
con,
coo,
cop,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English coy, from Old French coi, earlier quei (“quiet, still”), from Latin qu(i)ētus (“resting, at rest”). Doublet of quit, quiet, quite, and quietus.
Sample Sentences
-
Come sit thee down upon this flowery bed, / While I thy amiable cheeks do coy. [c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:]
-
For now there are ſprung up a wiſer generation in this kind, who have the Art to coy the fonder ſort into their nets [1635, Edward Rainbowe, Labour Forbidden, and Commanded. A Sermon Preached at S^(t.) Pauls^([sic]) Church, September 28. 1634., London: Nicholas Vavasour, page 29:]