coquetry
/ˈkoʊkətɹi/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.53 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Coquettish behaviour; actions designed to excite erotic attention, without intending to reciprocate such feelings (chiefly of women towards men); flirtatious teasing.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
An act constituting such behaviour; an affectation of amorous interest or enticement, especially of a woman directed towards a man.
Countable
Example Sentences
- "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."
Etymology
From French coquetterie.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈkoʊkətɹi/
- British English: /ˈkɒkɪtɹi/