coquetry
pronunciation
How to pronounce coquetry in British English:
UK [ˈkɒkɪtri]
How to pronounce coquetry in American English:
US [ˈkoʊkɪtri]
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- Noun:
- playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest
Word Origin
- coquetry (n.)
- 1650s, from French coquetterie, from coqueter (v.), from coquet (see coquet). Coquetry whets the appetite; flirtation depraves it .... [Donald Grant Mitchell (1822-1908)]
Example
- 1. Your gf s unreasonableness is not coquetry but naughty .
- 2. Woman bed beautiful and alluring mounts stiring coquetry .
- 3. The moment she met a man she would play the coquetry .
- 4. She is like a child , always in his arms , coquetry .
- 5. Her coquetry general reduction of the shrunken neck , depending on a man 's shoulders .