Definition of Coquettes

1. Noun. (plural of coquette) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Coquettes

1. coquette [v] - See also: coquette

Lexicographical Neighbors of Coquettes

copywrote
coq
coq au vin
coquandite
coquaternion
coquaternionic
coquaternions
coqueluche
coqueluches
coquet
coquetries
coquetry
coquets
coquette
coquetted
coquettes (current term)
coquetting
coquettish
coquettishly
coquettishness
coqui
coqui frog
coquilla
coquilla nut
coquillas
coquille
coquilles
coquilles Saint-Jacques
coquimbite
coquina

Literary usage of Coquettes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies by James Boswell (1799)
"With his own form acquaint the forward fool, Shewn in the faithful glass of ridicule ; Teach mimick censure her own faults to find, } No more let coquettes ..."

2. The Life of Charles Dickens by John Forster (1874)
"Both the Strange Gentleman, acted in September, and the Village coquettes, produced in December, 1836, had a good success ; and the last is memorable to me ..."

3. A Concordance to the Works of Alexander Popeby Edwin Abbott by Edwin Abbott (1875)
"131 coquettes. The light C. in Sylphs aloft repair KL i. 65 instruct the eyes of young C. lo roll KL i. S3 Coral. The c. redden, and the ruby R!ÛW IV. ..."

4. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1901)
"As ape occasionally meant a fool, it probably meant that those coquettes who i„. fools of men, ... coquettes ..."

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