Synonyms for coquetry

Grammar : Noun

Spell : koh-ki-tree, koh-ke-tree

Phonetic Transcription : ˈkoʊ kɪ tri, koʊˈkɛ tri

Définition of coquetry

Origin : 1650s, from French coquetterie, from coqueter (v.), from coquet (see coquet).
Coquetry whets the appetite; flirtation depraves it .... [Donald Grant Mitchell (1822-1908)]

noun flirtation

Example sentences :

She must have had some experience in coquetry, but it is very likely that she had never met a man just like this one.
Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower

It is needless to say that the nature of coquetry disposes to flirtation.
Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel

And with what coquetry he fans himself; how he dances and skips about!
Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel

The coquetry, the cunning, dropped out of the long, pale face.
Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens

All this that was passing through her mind was utterly foreign to any coquetry.
Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens

Coquetry is the desire to please, as a means of self-gratification.
Extract from : « Luttrell Of Arran » by Charles James Lever

Her eyes sought his—a spice of coquetry in their questioning gleam.
Extract from : « The Traitors » by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim

He bowed gravely; there was no hint of coquetry in her manner.
Extract from : « An American Suffragette » by Isaac N. Stevens

She had lost him by her pride, her coquetry—her silly, silly, heartless coquetry.
Extract from : « Despair's Last Journey » by David Christie Murray

There is penitence, coquetry, mischief, a thousand graces in her attitude.
Extract from : « Molly Bawn » by Margaret Wolfe Hamilton

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