coquette
/koʊˈkɛt/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.16 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A woman who flirts or plays with people's affections.
noun
Any hummingbird in the genus Lophornis.
verb
Alternative form of coquet.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "Nobber has no small opinion of himself: he considers himself the Adonis of the Pondaati eleven, and he contemplates society as though it were Venus, and it was his mission to posturize before it, and coquette and toy with it."
- "Frills, lace, bows, hearts, and ribbon (in excess!) are all part of the coquette look. […]”"
Etymology
Borrowed from French coquette.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /koʊˈkɛt/
- British English: /kɒˈkɛt/