coquetry
English
Etymology
From French coquetterie.
Pronunciation
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Noun
coquetry (countable and uncountable, plural coquetries)
- Coquettish behaviour; actions designed to excite erotic attention, without intending to reciprocate such feelings (chiefly of women towards men); flirtatious teasing.
- (countable) An act constituting such behaviour; an affectation of amorous interest or enticement, especially of a woman directed towards a man.
- 1882, Louisa M. Alcott, Kitty's Class Day And Other Stories[1]:
- The little coquetries, which are as natural to a gay young girl as her laughter, were all in full play, and had she gone no further no harm would have been done.
- 1910, Geraldine Bonner, The Emigrant Trail[2]:
- The mischievous pleasure of her coquetries was forgotten, and in a rush of glad confidence she felt a woman's pride in him.
- 1913, Carolyn Wells, Patty's Social Season[3]:
- "Her pretty little coquetries are like the gambols of a kitten.
Quotations
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:coquetry.
Synonyms
Translations
affectation of amorous tenderness
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References
- “coquetry”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “coquetry”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.