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† ˈtoyous, a. Obs. rare. [f. toy n. + -ous.] a. Trifling, ornamental, unessential. b. Inclined to toy or flirt, coquettish. Hence ˈtoyousness.
1581Mulcaster Positions xxxviii. (1887) 178 Those ouerraught qualities for the toyousnesse therof being misplaced in her, do cause the young woman rather to be toyed with⁓all..then to be thought verie well of. 1592Warner Alb. Eng. vii. xxxvi. 157 The faire sweet wittie wench grew toyous in the end. |