different between coif vs coit

English

Alternative forms

• coiffe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kw?f/, /k??f/

  Rhymes: -?f, -??f

• Homophone: quaff

Etymology 1

From Middle English coif, coife, coyf, coyfe, coyffe, from Old French coife, coiffe, from Late Latin cofia, from Proto-West Germanic *kuffju, related to Old High German kupphia, kupha, kupfe (“mug, hood, cap”), from Proto-Germanic *kuppij? (“cap, hat , bonnet, headpiece”), Proto-Germanic *kupp? (“vat, mug, cup”), from pre-Germanic *kubná-, from Proto-Indo-European *gup- (“round object, knoll”), from Proto-Indo-European *gew-, *g?- (“to bend, curve, arch, vault”). Cognate with Middle High German kupfe (“cap, headgear, helmet”).

Noun

coif (plural coifs)

1. A hairdo.
2. (historical) A hood; a close-fitting cap covering much of the head, widespread until the 18th century; after that worn only by small children and country women.
3. (historical) An item of chain mail headgear.
4. An official headdress, such as that worn by certain judges in England.
   • c. 1620, Francis Bacon, letter of advice to Sir George Villiers

     The judges, […] although they are not of the first magnitude, nor need be of the degree of the coif, yet are they considerable.

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English coifen, from Old French coifier, from the noun (see above).

Verb

coif (third-person singular simple present coifs, present participle coiffing or coifing, simple past and past participle coiffed or coifed)

1. (transitive) To style or arrange hair.
   • 1925, Ezra Pound, Canto I:

     Circe’s this craft, the trim-coifed goddess.

Translations

Anagrams

• FICO, fico, foci

Romanian

Etymology

From Late Latin cofia. Compare French coiffe.

Noun

coif n (plural coifuri)

1. casque

See also

• casc?

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??t/

Etymology 1

See quoit.

Noun

coit (plural coits)

1. Obsolete form of quoit.

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Verb

coit (third-person singular simple present coits, present participle coiting, simple past and past participle coited)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To throw.

   to coit a stone

Etymology 2

Back-formation from coitus.

Noun

coit

1. Synonym of coition

Verb

coit (third-person singular simple present coits, present participle coiting, simple past and past participle coited)

1. (rare) to copulate; to mate

Synonyms

• coitize, go to bed with, sleep with; see also Thesaurus:copulate with

Anagrams

• -otic, Tico, Toci, otic

Latin

Verb

coit

1. third-person singular present active indicative of coe?

Romanian

Etymology

From French coït

Noun

coit n (plural coituri)

1. sexual intercourse

Declension