All 3 Uses of
coquette
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Far from the Madding Crowd
- At once connecting these signs with the letter Boldwood had shown him, Gabriel suspected her of some coquettish procedure begun by that means, and carried on since, he knew not how.†
Chpt 16-18 *
- Far from coquetting with Boldwood, she had trifled with himself in thus feigning that she had trifled with another.†
Chpt 22-24
- Bathsheba, sweet, lost coquette, pardon me!†
Chpt 31-33
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.