coquetry
Americannoun
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the behavior or arts of a coquette; flirtation.
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dalliance; trifling.
noun
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Etymology
Origin of coquetry
From the French word coquetterie, dating back to 1650–60. See coquette, -ery
Example Sentences
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Coquetry is no virtue; but most certainly it is not the wholesale corrupter some moralists would make it.
From Roland Cashel Volume II (of II) by Lever, Charles James
Coquetry is the cussidness ov an artful pashun, that feels its oats just enuff to want to kick up all the time, and don’t seem to care who gits hurt.
From The Complete Works of Josh Billings by Shaw, Henry W.
All that I aim at by this Dissertation is, to cure it of several disagreeable Notes, and in particular of those little Jarrings and Dissonances which arise from Anger, Censoriousness, Gossiping and Coquetry.
From The Spectator, Volume 2. by Addison, Joseph
She is practising to-day Coquetry and glances' play Not from love, but fright.
From Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works by Kalidasa
Coquetry, after all, is a mere recognition of admiration.
From The Daltons, Volume II (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life by Lever, Charles James
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