Etymology

cloyer

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Today it means: One who cloys. Full definition →

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cloyer · noun1

From cloy + -er.

cloyer · noun2

Uncertain. Perhaps for *clawyer (“one who practices thievery”, literally “claw-er”), or a variant of *clyer (“one who clies”), equivalent to cly + -er. More at cly.

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