coquetry
Americannoun
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coquetries
plural
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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
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Attracted to Mandy’s curly hair, he sat beside her and, in an attempt at coquetry, opened an H.P.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 16, 2022
From Joan’s sincere coquetry at the Avon lunch, to Peggy’s surveillance techniques and expert game-playing, Joan and Peggy leaned over so hard they threatened to overturn the whole damn office.
From Time ● Jun. 3, 2013
Her exquisite oval face — framed by short, lank, unwashed-looking hair — is as devoid of a diva’s coquetry as it is of makeup.
From New York Times ● Jan. 18, 2012
"The second toilette is nothing but a game invented by coquetry," observed Louis-Sébastien Mercier.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 29, 2011
Mrs. Bogle who was many times a grandmother, but had a blushing air of coquetry about her that cloaked her sunken cheeks.
From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston
But, such traditional little coquetries aside, the fight was really on; punches were given & taken, toe to toe.
From Time Magazine Archive
Claire, not very inexplicably, fell in love with this quiet sardonic man who gently criticized the coquetries she was distributing between a young Fascist and a pair of shady young Neapolitan noblemen.
From Time Magazine Archive
He should know, since it is his right arm that wriggles Miss Piggy through her black-belt coquetries.
From Time Magazine Archive
These and such-like arguments were showered upon me, and not a little aided by many little coquetries of look and gesture.
From Sir Jasper Carew His Life and Experience by Charles James Lever
And if I, mistaking your coquetries--yes, that is the word; blush now and be a little ashamed--if I, mistaking your coquetries, have permitted myself to petition for your hand?
From Asbe?n From the Life of a Virtuoso by Ossip Schubin
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