coquet
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coquet¹
- /ˈkɒk.ɛt/
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French coquet (“little cockerel”), from coq (“cockerel”) + -et (“masculine diminutive suffix”).
noun coquets
- A flirtatious female; a coquette.
- A flirtatious male.
verb coquets · coquetting · 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.
Coquet²
proper noun the Coquet
- A river in Northumberland, England, which flows into the North Sea at Amble; in full, the River Coquet.
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verb act as a flirt or coquet
| Deutsch | kokettieren |
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