Coquette definition

kō-kĕt
coquetted coquetting
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A woman who regularly makes romantic or sexual overtures; a flirt.
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A girl or woman who merely out of vanity tries to get men's attention and admiration; flirt.
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To behave as a coquette; flirt.
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A woman who flirts or plays with men's affections.
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Noun

Singular:
coquette
Plural:
coquettes

Origin of coquette

  • French feminine of coquet flirtatious man coquet

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

  • Borrowing from French coquette.

    From Wiktionary

Coquette Sentence Examples

  • In one considerable comic fragment attributed to him - the description of a coquette - there is great truth and shrewdness of observation.

  • Herself a consummate coquette, she could not have maneuvered better on meeting a man she wished to attract.

  • After a brief residence with his mother, who was needlessly alarmed at the idea of her son falling a victim to some casual coquette, Swift towards the close of 1689 entered upon an engagement as secretary to Sir William Temple, whose wife (Dorothy Osborne) was distantly related to Mrs Swift.

  • Part vamp, part coquette, you'll look and feel fabulous in these suits.

  • You can find men and women's selections within the Coquette line.

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