coquetry
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coquetry
- /ˈkɒkɪtɹi/ UK
- /ˈkəʊkətɹi/ UK
- /ˈkoʊkətɹi/ US
Where it comes from
From French coquetterie.
noun coquetries · coquettery
- Coquettish behaviour; actions designed to excite erotic attention, without intending to reciprocate such feelings (chiefly of women towards men); flirtatious teasing. With a lover […] her sensibility will naturally lead her to endeavour to excite emotion, not to gratify her vanity, but her heart. This I do not allow to be coquetry, it is the artless impulse of nature […]
- An act constituting such behaviour; an affectation of amorous interest or enticement, especially of a woman directed towards a man. The little coquetries, which are as natural to a gay young girl as her laughter, were all in full play, and had she gone no further no harm would have been done.
Similar: flirtation
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noun
Similar: flirtation
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noun affectation of amorous tenderness
| Español | coquetería |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 媚態 bitai, 嬌態 kyōtai |
| 中文 | 風騷 /风骚 fēngsāo, 媚態 /媚态 mèitài, 嬌態 /娇态 jiāotài |
| हिन्दी | अदा adā, इश्वा iśvā, ग़म्ज़ा ġamzā |
| Français | coquetterie, coquetisme |
| Deutsch | Koketterie |
| Ελληνικά | ακκισμός akkismós, νάζι názi |
| Русский | коке́тство kokétstvo |
| العربية | دَلَال dalāl |
| עברית | התיפות hityafot |
Talk about this word "coquetry." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/coquetry. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. coquetry. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/coquetry "coquetry." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/coquetry.Cite this
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title = {coquetry},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/coquetry},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
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