All 5 Uses of

coquette
in
The American, by Henry James

But, to tell you the truth, she is also a franche coquette.†
Chpt 4 *

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

Coquette as you think me, I have never walked about in public with a gentleman before.†
Chpt 4

He had understood her better than he confessed; this singular scene was a practical commentary upon her father's statement that she was a frank coquette.†
Chpt 4

The small marquise sometimes looked at him with an intensity too marked not to be innocent, for coquetry is more finely shaded.†
Chpt 16

coquetry = casual playfulness that arouses sexual interest

Definitions:

(1) (coquette)
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:
1. Coquette only refers to a woman whereas flirt can refer to either sex.
2. 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.
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
meaning too rare to warrant focus:

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