coquet
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈkɒk.ɛt/
coquet (plural coquets)
- A flirtatious female; a coquette.
- (obsolete) A flirtatious male.
coquet (coquets, present participle coquetting; past and past participle coquetted)
- To act as a flirt or coquet.
- To waste time; to dally.
- To attempt to attract the notice, admiration, or love of; to treat with a show of tenderness or regard, with a view to deceive and disappoint; to lead on.
- November 26, 1725, Jonathan Swift, letter to Alexander Pope
- You [are] coquetting a maid of honour.
- November 26, 1725, Jonathan Swift, letter to Alexander Pope
- German: kokettieren
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