Meaning of Coquette | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A woman who flirts or plays with people's affections.
2. Any hummingbird in the genus Lophornis.

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Examples

“Though, I confeſs, Paris has its Charms; but to me they are like thoſe of a Coquette, gay and gavvdy; they ſerve to amuſe vvith, but a Man vvould not chuſe to be marry'd to them.”

“She was a big, sexy brunette—as Garcia said, «Something straight out of Degas,» and generally like a beautiful Parisian coquette.”

“I was playing with him, leading him on, sending him messages of encouragement then turning away from him. I was a tease, a coquette.”

“Knox takes us through the lives of memorable seducers and their critics, in sometimes academic and sometimes rococo prose dappled with doges, coups de foudre, rakes, bawds, coquettes, coxcombs and procuresses — with guest appearances by members of the Frankfurt School sunning themselves in La Jolla.”

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