Coquetry
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈkɒkɪtɹi/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Coquetry is a noun meaning Coquettish behaviour; actions designed to excite erotic attention, without intending to reciprocate such feelings (chiefly of women towards men); flirtatious teasing.
Meaning
Coquettish behaviour; actions designed to excite erotic attention, without intending to reciprocate such feelings (chiefly of women towards men); flirtatious teasing.
More Meanings
- (countable) An act constituting such behaviour; an affectation of amorous interest or enticement, especially of a woman directed towards a man.
Example Sentences
"Her pretty little coquetries are like the gambols of a kitten.
The mischievous pleasure of her coquetries was forgotten, and in a rush of glad confidence she felt a woman's pride in him.
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.
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 […]
Word Forms
- coquetries
- coquettery
Synonyms for coquetry
Depending on context, synonyms include flirtation, dalliance, flirt, toying, flirting.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include flirtation, flirting, dalliance, toying, flirt, minauderie.
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