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Definition of Coquette

1. Noun. A seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men.

2. Verb. Talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions. "Sam wants to coquette with Sue "; "My husband never flirts with other women"

Definition of Coquette

1. n. A vain, trifling woman, who endeavors to attract admiration from a desire to gratify vanity; a flirt; -- formerly sometimes applied also to men.

Definition of Coquette

1. Noun. A woman who flirts or plays with men's affections. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Coquette

1. to coquet [v -QUETTED, -QUETTING, -QUETTES] - See also: coquet

Lexicographical Neighbors of Coquette

copywrong copywrongs copywrote coq coq au vin coquandite coquaternion coquaternionic coquaternions coqueluche

coqueluches coquet coquetries coquetry coquets coquette (current term) coquetted coquettes coquetting coquettish

coquettishly coquettishness coqui coqui frog coquilla coquilla nut coquillas coquille coquilles coquilles Saint-Jacques

Literary usage of Coquette

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

1. A Vers de Société Anthology by Carolyn Wells (1907)
"THE coquette A PORTRAIT YOU'RE clever at drawing, I own," Said my beautiful cousin Lisette, As we sat by the window alone, ..."

2. The Popular History of England: An Illustrated History of Society and by Charles Knight (1859)
"The Essayists have two very marked species of the genua mulier—the coquette and the prude. Steele describes the coquette as "a sect among women of all ..."

3. American Wit and Humor by Joel Chandler Harris (1907)
"John Godfrey Saxe The coquette A Portrait "YOU'RE clever at drawing, I own," Said my beautiful cousin Lisette, As we sat by the window alone, " But say, ..."

4. The British Essayists;: With Prefaces, Historical and Biographical, by Alexander Chalmers (1808)
"... we consider nature, we shall often find very contrary effects flow from the same cause. The Prude and coquette, as different as they appear in their be- ..."

5. Poems All the Way from Pike by Robertus Love (1904)
"My Fond coquette MY fancy knows a fond coquette Who made mine amorous youth complete; On life's mosaic echoes yet The pattering laughter of her feet. ..."

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