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36 short excerpts of Wiktionnary (A collaborative project to produce a free-content dictionary.)

— English words —

• coy adj. (Dated) Bashful, shy, retiring.
• coy adj. (Archaic) Quiet, reserved, modest.
• coy adj. Reluctant to give details about something sensitive; notably prudish.
• coy adj. Pretending shyness or modesty, especially in an insincere or flirtatious way.
• coy adj. Soft, gentle, hesitating.
• coy v. (Transitive, obsolete) To caress, pet; to coax, entice.
• coy v. (Transitive, obsolete) To calm or soothe.
• coy v. (Transitive, obsolete) To allure; to decoy.
• coy n. A trap from which waterfowl may be hunted.
• coy n. (Military) A company.
• Coy prop.n. A surname.
• Coy prop.n. An unincorporated community in McDonald County, Missouri.

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Coptic
  • ⲥⲟⲩ n. (Old Coptic) star.
• Huave
  • coy n. Rheumatism.
  • coy n. Short tail, stub.
• Huave - Wastek
  • coy n. Rabbit.
• Middle french
  • coy adj. (Of a person) calm; composed.
• Tatar
  • cöy n. Seam.
  • çöy n. Wedge, cotter.
• Uspanteco
  • cꞌoy n. Monkey.
• Vietnamese
  • cố␣ý v. To (do something) intentionally; to (do something) on purpose.

— English words, defined in French —

• coy adj. Timide.
• coy adj. Calme, réservé, modeste.
• coy adj. Réticent, prude.
• coy adj. Timidité, modestie.
• coy adj. Doux, modéré, hésitant.
• coy n. (Militaire) cie : Compagnie (company).
• coy v. (Intransitif) (Archaïsme) Agir calmement.
• coy v. (Transitif) (Désuet) Calmer.
• coy v. (Transitif) (Désuet) Caresser un animal, cajoler, aguicher.
• Coy n. (Militaire) Cie : Compagnie (company).

— English words, defined in Spanish —

• coy s. Remilgado, melindroso.
• coy s. Coqueto.
• coy adj. Evasivo.
• coy adj. Reservado.

— In Spanish —

• coy s. Náutica. Pedazo de lona que, colgado de sus cuatro puntas…

70 English words from 21 English definitions

about allure Archaic Bashful calm caress coax community company composed Coptic cotter County Dated decoy details entice especially flirtatious from gentle give hesitating hunted insincere intentionally may may␣be McDonald McDonald␣County Military Missouri modest modesty Monkey notably obsolete Of␣a Old on␣purpose person pet Pretending prudish purpose Quiet Rabbit Reluctant reserved retiring Rheumatism Seam sensitive Short shy shyness Soft something soothe star stub surname tail Transitive trap unincorporated waterfowl way Wedge which

12 English words from 15 foreign definitions

animal cajoler Calme Calmer Caresser company cuatro Doux lona prude que sus

27 foreign words from 15 foreign definitions

Agir aguicher Archaïsme calmement cie colgado Compagnie Coqueto Désuet Evasivo hésitant Intransitif melindroso Militaire modéré modeste modestie Náutica Pedazo puntas Remilgado Reservado réservé Réticent Timide Timidité Transitif

77 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

coya Coye coyn coys Coys Coyt coyan coyas coyed coyer Coyer Coyes Coyle coyly coyne Coyne coyns coypu Coysh Coyts coyang coyans COYBIG coydog coy␣dog Coyers coyest coying coyish Coyner coynes Coynes coyote coyoto coypou coypus coyangs coydogs coy␣dogs Coylton Coyners coyness coyoted coyotes coyotos coypous Coyshes coywolf coyishly coyoting +27 words

69 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

acoys ccoya Accoya accoys acoyed ccoyas decoys macoya McCoyd accoyed acoying cocoyam decoyed decoyer macoyas McCoyds recoyle soncoya tlacoyo accoying cocoyams decoyers decoying decoyman decoymen didicoys gascoyne Gascoyne Kilcoyne morocoys recoyled recoyles salicoyl sebacoyl soncoyas tlacoyos uncoyned Vanscoys canticoys decoyable decoy-duck decoy␣duck decoyings diddicoys gascoynes huiscoyol Kilcoynes morrocoys recoyling undecoyed +19 words

20 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

acoy accoy decoy McCoy uncoy Muscoy didicoy Minicoy morocoy overcoy Saticoy Vanscoy bandicoy canticoy diddicoy morrocoy tobaccoy duck␣decoy real␣Macoy real␣McCoy

One anagram (New word found by changing the order of the letters.)

CYO

46 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

acoy BYOC cayo Cayo Choy cloy Coby Cody Coey coky coly Coly cony CoNY CONY copy copy. cory Cory cosy Coty COTY cowy coxy Coxy coya Coye coyn coys Coys Coyt cozy croy Croy cryo cryo- cyno- cyon cyto- lyco- myco- occy ocky Soc'y YBCO yock

27 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

co Co CO ℅ c/o co- co. Co. CO₂ -co- Cy CY -cy Cy. oc Oc OC Oc. O.C. O.␣C. oy YC yo YO y/o yo' y.o.

107 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

boy BOY cay ccy Cgy CGY Cgy. cly CMY CNY coa CoA COA cob COB CoC COC cod COD C.O.D. Coe CoE COE COF cog COG COH COI col Col COL col- col. Col. -col- com COM .com com- com. Com. con Con CON -con con- coo COO cop Cop CoP COP coq Coq Coq. cor CoR COR cor- cor. Cor. cos Cos CO$ 'cos co's cos. cot Cov CoV COV cow COW cox Cox COX coz 'coz cry cwy doy EOY foy Foy goy Goy hoy Hoy HOY ioy joy Joy Koy loy Loy Moy noy Noy poy roy Roy ROY (+5 words)

15 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

co Co CO ℅ c/o co- co. Co. CO₂ -co- Cy CY -cy Cy. oy

24 epenthesis (New words found when adding only one letter.)

Choy cloy Coby Cody Coey coky coly Coly cony CoNY CONY copy copy. cory Cory cosy Coty COTY cowy coxy Coxy cozy croy Croy

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