cloying

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He had done for her all that a man could do for a girl, and if she loved him she should not have tormented him by foolish delays,—by coying her love!

From Marion Fay by Trollope, Anthony

And feeds him with Kisses; Which oft when he misses, He euer is froward: The Mothers o'r-ioying, Makes by much coying, The Child so vntoward.

From Minor Poems of Michael Drayton by Brett, Cyril

Coming, going, ever pleasing, In thy talk and in thy teasing, In thy jest and in thy joying, In thy kisses, in thy coying!

From Aucassin and Nicolette translated from the Old French by Bourdillon, Francis William

Here, pleasure, to which I am no enemy, when it is properly seasoned, and of a good composition, is surely of the coying kind.

From Letters of the Right Honourable Lady M—y W—y M—e Written during Her Travels in Europe, Asia and Africa to Persons of Distinction, Men of Letters, &c. in Different Parts of Europe by Montagu, Mary Wortley, Lady

She threw from her, at once, as vain and wicked and false, all idea of coying her love.

From The Eustace Diamonds by Trollope, Anthony