COY


Meaning of COY in English

■ adjective ( ~er , ~est ) pretending shyness or modesty.

↘reluctant to give details about something sensitive.

Derivatives

~ly adverb

~ness noun

Origin

ME (in the sense 'quiet, still'): from OFr. coi , quei , from L. quietus (see quiet ).

Concise Oxford English vocab.      Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка.