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Definition

a woman who is casually playful in a way that arouses sexual interest of men, but does not imply serious sexual interest

Much more rarely, coquette can refer to a species of bird or to a city name.

Her early roles limited her to the decorative coquette, but she had a breakout role in...

coquette = a woman who is casually playful in a way that arouses sexual interest of men

He introduced Bette Midler (pronounced bet) by saying, Bette rhymes with coquette, but never regret.

coquette = a woman who is casually playful in a way that arouses sexual interest of men

I congratulate you Mr. Vernon on being about to receive into your family, the most accomplished coquette in England.
Jane Austen -- Lady Susan

coquette = a woman who is casually playful in a way that arouses sexual interest of men

Sometimes she works as an actress, but she is always a coquette.

coquette = a woman who is casually playful in a way that arouses sexual interest of men

She is an aging coquette too slow to change her tactics.

coquette = a woman who is casually playful in a way that arouses sexual interest of men

She is coquettishly fanning herself with an ornate oriental fan,
Lorraine Hansberry -- A Raisin in the Sun

coquettishly = in a manner that playfully and casually arouses sexual interest of men

(Editor's note: Adding the suffix "-ishly" means in a manner having the characteristics of. This is the same pattern you see in words like childishly and foolishly.)

That's all I was: a terrible flirt, coquettish and amusing.
Anne Frank -- The Diary of a Young Girl

coquettish = casually playful in a way that arouses sexual interest of men

(Editor's note: Adding the suffix "-ish" means having the characteristics of. This is the same pattern you see in words like childish and foolish.)

One, she's hardworking; two, cheerful; three, coquettish — and sometimes a cute face.
Anne Frank -- The Diary of a Young Girl

coquettish = casually playful in a way that arouses sexual interest of men

(Editor's note: Adding the suffix "-ish" means having the characteristics of. This is the same pattern you see in words like childish and foolish.)

Smile coquettishly, pretend you know everything, offer everyone a piece of advice and mother them — that's sure to make a good impression.
Anne Frank -- The Diary of a Young Girl

coquettishly = in a playful manner that arouses sexual interest of men

(Editor's note: Adding the suffix "-ishly" means in a manner having the characteristics of. This is the same pattern you see in words like childishly and foolishly.)

Add to that, vanity and coquettishness and there's no question about it: she's a thoroughly despicable person.
Anne Frank -- The Diary of a Young Girl

coquettishness = the quality of being casually playful in a way that arouses sexual interest of men

(Editor's note: Adding "-ishness" to coquette means the state of having the characteristics of a coquette. This is the same pattern you see in words like childishness and foolishness. Note that when "-ish" is placed at the end of a word that ends in "E", the "E" is often dropped as in nightmarish and vulturish.)

I've learned two new words: "brothel" and "coquette."
Anne Frank -- The Diary of a Young Girl

coquette = a woman who is casually playful in a way that arouses sexual interest of men

But this young girl was not a coquette in that sense; she was very unsophisticated; she was only a pretty American flirt.
Henry James -- Daisy Miller

coquette = a woman who is casually playful in a way that arouses sexual interest of men

She thought she had a good deal of the coquette in her, and I've no doubt that with time and training she would have become a very dangerous little person, but now she was far too transparent and straightforward by nature even to tell a white lie cleverly.
Louisa May Alcott -- An Old-Fashioned Girl

coquette = a woman who is casually playful in a way that arouses sexual interest of men

Small fish took coquettish liberties with him.
Arundhati Roy -- The God of Small Things

(Editor's note: Adding the suffix "-ish" means having the characteristics of. This is the same pattern you see in words like childish and foolish.)

He put his head on one side, his smile became almost coquettish.
Aldous Huxley -- Brave New World

(Editor's note: Adding the suffix "-ish" means having the characteristics of. This is the same pattern you see in words like childish and foolish.)

He insisted, with labored breath, and she offered him her other cheek, with a coquettishness that he had not known when she was a schoolgirl.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez -- Love in the Time of Cholera

If another woman makes eyes at me, she'll refuse to know a coquette.
George Bernard Shaw -- Man And Superman
Mother Catherine has a most coquettish little toilet-table, with something that looked uncommonly like a bottle of eau-de-Cologne.
Henry James -- The Portrait of a Lady - Volumes 1 & 2

(Editor's note: Adding the suffix "-ish" means having the characteristics of. This is the same pattern you see in words like childish and foolish.)

She coquettishly dipped her lashes.
Marissa Meyer -- Cinder

(Editor's note: Adding the suffix "-ishly" means in a manner having the characteristics of. This is the same pattern you see in words like childishly and foolishly.)

Pippa grins coquettishly at the others.
Libba Bray -- Sweet Far Thing

(Editor's note: Adding the suffix "-ishly" means in a manner having the characteristics of. This is the same pattern you see in words like childishly and foolishly.)

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