The Only Use of
coquette
in
Cyrano de Bergerac
- I fear me she is coquettish, and over nice and fastidious!†
Act 1coquettish = casually playful in a way that arouses sexual interest of men
Definition:
a woman who is casually playful in a way that arouses sexual interest of men but does not imply serious flirtation
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.