Coquettish

adj

adj ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of, being, or characteristic of a young, flirtatious girl.

    "'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."

Adjective
  1. 1
    like a coquette wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
flirtatiousalluringamativeamatoryappealingappetizing

Example

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"There was no doubt that the small beauty with the long brown curls and hazel eyes, who was casting coquettish looks at Jack Gills over the edge of her Testament, was Prillie Rogerson, whose father had recently married a second wife and brought Prillie home from her grandmother's in Grafton."

Etymology

From coquett(e) + -ish.

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