Synonyms for coquet

Grammar : Verb

Spell : koh-ket

Phonetic Transcription : koʊˈkɛt

Top 10 synonyms for coquet

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Définition of coquet

Origin : "amorous, flirtatious person," 1690s, originally of both sexes (as it was in French), from French coquet (17c.), diminutive of coq "cock" (see cock (n.1)). A figurative reference to its strut or its lust. The distinction of fem. coquette began c.1700, and use in reference to males has faded out since.

verb tease

Example sentences :

How little this was to be expected from Mlle. Coquet's shop!
Extract from : « The Choice of Life » by Georgette Leblanc

He was masked, and had with him only Coquet, the master of the household.
Extract from : « In Kings' Byways » by Stanley J. Weyman

He was masked, and attended only by Coquet, his master of the household.
Extract from : « The Lock And Key Library » by Various

Without any need of self-restraint, no wish to coquet ever entered her head.
Extract from : « War and Peace » by Leo Tolstoy

I have been; and can tell you something more of the Coquet which is interesting.
Extract from : « Grace Darling » by Eva Hope

Was it now a desire merely to coquet with a young and handsome lad?
Extract from : « Lord Montagu's Page » by G. P. R. James

To be betrothed and to coquet with other men,—that passes human understanding.
Extract from : « Children of the Soil » by Henryk Sienkiewicz

A litter conveyed him to a hired yacht, which lay at the mouth of the Coquet.
Extract from : « The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 4 (of 4) » by Jane Porter

Coquet holds the affections of Northumbrians, I think, above all their rivers.
Extract from : « The Rivers and Streams of England » by A.G. Bradley

The fishermen of the Coquet, however, are not all inarticulate.
Extract from : « The Rivers and Streams of England » by A.G. Bradley

Antonyms for coquet

be shy

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