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Coquet

//ˈkɒk.ɛt// name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A river in Northumberland, England, which flows into the North Sea at Amble; in full, the River Coquet.
Noun
  1. 1
    A flirtatious female; a coquette.
  2. 2
    a seductive man who uses his sex appeal to exploit women wordnet
  3. 3
    A flirtatious male. obsolete
Verb
  1. 1
    To act as a flirt or coquet.
  2. 2
    talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions wordnet
  3. 3
    To waste time; to dally.
  4. 4
    To attempt to attract the notice, admiration, or love of; to treat with a show of tenderness or regard, with a view to deceive and disappoint; to lead on.

    "November 26, 1725, Jonathan Swift, letter to Alexander Pope You [are] coquetting a maid of honour."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French coquet (“little cockerel”), from coq (“cockerel”) + -et (“masculine diminutive suffix”).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French coquet (“little cockerel”), from coq (“cockerel”) + -et (“masculine diminutive suffix”).

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