adjective

1. Obsolete quiet; silent
2. 1. shrinking from contact or familiarity with others; bashful; shy
   2. primly reserved; demure
3. affecting innocence or shyness, esp. in a playful or coquettish manner
4. reticent or evasive, as in making a commitment
5. Archaic inaccessible; secluded
6. Obsolete disdainfully aloof

Etymology: ME, still, quiet < OFr coi, earlier quei < LL *quetus < L quietus: see quiet

intransitive verb

transitive verb