coquettishness

Variant of coquette

coquette definition

co·quette (kō ket′)

noun

a girl or woman who merely from vanity tries to get men's attention and admiration

Etymology: Fr coquette, fem.: see coquet

intransitive verb coquetted -·quet′·ted, coquetting -·quet′·ting

to behave as a coquette; flirt

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