Cloy
11cloy — [14] Cloy originally meant ‘fasten with a nail’. It is a reduced form of the long obsolete acloy, which came from Anglo Norman acloyer. This was a variant of Old French encloyer, a descendant of the Vulgar Latin compound verb inclāvāre, based on… …
12cloy — verb (I) if something sweet or pleasant cloys, it begins to annoy you because there is too much of it: Her sweet submissive smile began to cloy after a while …
13cloy — [14] Cloy originally meant ‘fasten with a nail’. It is a reduced form of the long obsolete acloy, which came from Anglo Norman acloyer. This was a variant of Old French encloyer, a descendant of the Vulgar Latin compound verb inclāvāre, based on… …
14cloy´ing|ness — cloy|ing «KLOY ihng», adjective. producing weariness by surfeit: »I am a great admirer of Massenet, even though the slightly sugary sentimentality of his music can become a little cloying (New Yorker). –cloy´ing|ly, adverb. –cloy´ing|ness, noun …
15cloy´ing|ly — cloy|ing «KLOY ihng», adjective. producing weariness by surfeit: »I am a great admirer of Massenet, even though the slightly sugary sentimentality of his music can become a little cloying (New Yorker). –cloy´ing|ly, adverb. –cloy´ing|ness, noun …
16cloy|ing — «KLOY ihng», adjective. producing weariness by surfeit: »I am a great admirer of Massenet, even though the slightly sugary sentimentality of his music can become a little cloying (New Yorker). –cloy´ing|ly, adverb. –cloy´ing|ness, noun …
17Cloy Mattox — Cloy Mitchell Mattox (1902 1985) was an American Major League Baseball catcher. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics during the 1929 season. References Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Baseball… …
18cloy|less — «KLOY lihs», adjective. that does not cloy: »Sharpen with cloyless sauce his appetite (Shakespeare) …
19Cloy Brook Pastures — is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the preserved county of Clwyd, north Wales. See also List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Clwyd This article about a Site of Special Scientific Interest is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by …
20cloy — verb Etymology: Middle English, to hinder, lame, alteration of acloyen to harm, maim, modification of Anglo French encloer to nail, prick a horse with a nail in shoeing, from Medieval Latin inclavare, from Latin in + clavus nail Date: 1528… …