Meaning of Coquetry | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Coquettish behaviour; actions designed to excite erotic attention, without intending to reciprocate such feelings (chiefly of women towards men); flirtatious teasing.
   countable, uncountable
2. An act constituting such behaviour; an affectation of amorous interest or enticement, especially of a woman directed towards a man.
   countable

Equivalents

Examples

“With a lover […] her sensibility will naturally lead⟳ her to endeavour to excite emotion, not to gratify her vanity, but her heart. This I do not allow⟳ to be coquetry, it is the artless impulse of nature […]”

“The little coquetries, which are as natural to a gay young girl as her laughter, were all in full play⟳, and had she gone no further no harm⟳ would have⟳ been done.”

“The mischievous pleasure of her coquetries was forgotten, and in a rush⟳ of glad confidence she felt a woman's pride in him.”

“"Her pretty little coquetries are like⟳ the gambols of a kitten.”

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