verb
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to behave flirtatiously
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to dally or trifle
Etymology
Origin of coquet
1685–95; < French; literally, cockerel, equivalent to coq cock + -et -et
Example Sentences
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A: I'm afraid I was a bit of a coquet in my youth, but now that I'm a grandmother with an 18-year-old granddaughter, I'm simplifying what I wear.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 1, 2010
"The second is richer, but your choice c'est plus coquet."
From White Nights and Other Stories The Novels of Fyodor Dostoevsky, Volume X by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor
It seemed to coquet with Dawe Armitage; to pour out its infinitesimal stars—-red, blue, green, gold, and amethyst—blazing, splintering, and coruscating to dazzle and bewilder him.
From The Black Opal by Prichard, Katharine Susannah
You might almost as well coquet with a minister of the holy Gospel as with him you have selected to try your fascinations on.
From A Romantic Young Lady by Grant, Robert
He is the veriest coquet in nature, for, after all, I amconvincedam convinced he loves Emily.
From The History of Emily Montague by Brooke, Frances
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