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coquetry - 3 dictionary results

co⋅quet⋅ry

[koh-ki-tree, koh-ke-tree]
–noun, plural -ries.
1. the behavior or arts of a coquette; flirtation.
2. dalliance; trifling.

Origin:
1650–60; < F coquetterie. See coquette, -ery
co·quet·ry   (kō'kĭ-trē, kō-kět'rē)   
n.   pl. co·quet·ries
Dalliance; flirtation.

[French coquetterie, from coquette, coquette; see coquette.]

Coquetry

Co*quet"ry\, n.; pl. Coquetries. [F. coquetterie.] Attempts to attract admiration, notice, or love, for the mere gratification of vanity; trifling in love. "Little affectations of coquetry." --Addison.
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