Uttal

  • UttalUS
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Översättning
Adjektiv
1.tystlåten

Definitioner

Adjektiv

  1. (dated) Bashful, shy, retiring.
  2. (archaic) Quiet, reserved, modest.
  3. Reluctant to give details about something sensitive; notably prudish.
  4. Pretending shyness or modesty, especially in an insincere or flirtatious way.
  5. Soft, gentle, hesitating.

Verb

  1. (transitive, obsolete) To caress, pet; to coax, entice.
  2. (transitive, obsolete) To calm or soothe.
  3. To allure; to decoy.

Substantiv

  1. A trap from which waterfowl may be hunted.

Exempel

  • Enforced hate, / Instead of love's coy touch, shall rudely tear thee.
  • 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.

Böjningsformer

PerfektparticipcoyedImperfektcoyed
PresensparticipcoyingPluralcoys
KomparativcoyerSuperlativcoyest
Tredje person singular indicativ presenscoys

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