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Cox"comb`ry (-r?), n. The
manners of a coxcomb; foppishness.

Cox*com"ic*al (k?ks-k?m"?-kal),
a. Coxcombical. [R.]

Cox*com"ic*al*ly, adv.
Conceitedly. [R.]

Cox"swain` (k?k"sw?n, Colloq. k?k"s'n),
n. See Cockswain.

Coy (koi), a. [OE. coi
quiet, still, OF. coi, coit, fr.L. quietus quiet,
p. p. of quiescere to rest, quie rest; prob. akin
to E. while. See While, and cf. Quiet,
Quit, Quite.] 1. Quiet;
still. [Obs.] Chaucer.

2. Shrinking from approach or
familiarity; reserved; bashful; shy; modest; -- usually applied
to women, sometimes with an implication of coquetry.

Coy, and difficult to win.

Cowper.

Coy and furtive graces.

W. Irving.

Nor the coy maid, half willings to be
pressed,

Shall kiss the cup, to pass it to the rest.

Goldsmith.

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