Coquetry Definition

kōkĭ-trē, kō-kĕtrē
coquetries
noun
coquetries
Dalliance; flirtation.
American Heritage
The behavior or act of a coquette; flirting.
Webster's New World
The act of trifling or dallying.
Webster's New World

An affectation of amorous tenderness, especially of a woman directed towards a man.

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Noun

Singular:
coquetry
Plural:
coquetries

Origin of Coquetry

  • French coquetterie from coquette coquette coquette

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From French coquetterie

    From Wiktionary

Coquetry Sentence Examples

  • Helene was so lovely that not only did she not show any trace of coquetry, but on the contrary she even appeared shy of her unquestionable and all too victorious beauty.

  • In the code of feminine coquetry such cases are numerous.

  • The little princess, like an old war horse that hears the trumpet, unconsciously and quite forgetting her condition, prepared for the familiar gallop of coquetry, without any ulterior motive or any struggle, but with naive and lighthearted gaiety.

  • Presently Reuterholm renewed his coquetry with the French republic, which was officially recognized by the Swedish government on the 23rd of April 1795.

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