coquettish
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.03 in modern English
24
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of, being, or characteristic of a young, flirtatious girl.
Example Sentences
- "'Is there that about me that should affright a man? Then surely are men changed from what they used to be!' And with a little coquettish movement she turned herself, and held up one arm, so as to show all her loveliness and the rich hair of raven blackness that streamed in soft ripples down her snowy robes, almost to her sandalled feet."
- "When Prince Andrew arrived at the house that evening, Maxwell was more coquettish than usual."
Etymology
Etymology tree English coquett(e) Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -isch English -ish English coquettish From coquett(e) + -ish.
Inflected Forms
more coquettish (comparative)
most coquettish (superlative)