All 4 Uses of
coquette
in
Man And Superman
- And since she has plunged Tavy head over ears in love with her without any intention of marrying him, she is a coquette, according to the standard definition of a coquette as a woman who rouses passions she has no intention of gratifying.†
Chpt 3
- And since she has plunged Tavy head over ears in love with her without any intention of marrying him, she is a coquette, according to the standard definition of a coquette as a woman who rouses passions she has no intention of gratifying.†
Chpt 3
- I know perfectly well that all this about her being a liar and a bully and a coquette and so forth is a trumped-up moral indictment which might be brought against anybody.†
Chpt 3
- If another woman makes eyes at me, she'll refuse to know a coquette.†
Chpt 3 *
Definition:
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(coquette) a woman who is casually playful in a way that arouses sexual interest of men but does not imply serious flirtationeditor's notes: Coquette is a French word that is similar to the word flirt. There are two primary differences:
- Coquette only refers to a woman whereas flirt can refer to either sex.
- To say someone is coquettish implies that she is just being playful and does not intend sexual relations with the man with whom she is interacting; whereas when a woman is described as flirting, the word does not indicate whether she is just being playful or she wants to instigate sexual relations.