Crossword clues for coquet
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Coquet \Co*quet"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Coquetted; p. pr. & vb. n. Coquetting.] 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.
You are coquetting a maid of honor.
--Swift.
Coquet \Co*quet"\, v. i. To trifle in love; to stimulate affection or interest; to play the coquette; to deal playfully instead of seriously; to play (with); as, we have coquetted with political crime.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"amorous, flirtatious person," 1690s, originally of both sexes (as it was in French), from French coquet (17c.), diminutive of coq "cock" (see cock (n.1)). A figurative reference to its strut or its lust. The distinction of fem. coquette began c.1700, and use in reference to males has faded out since.
Wiktionary
n. 1 A flirtatious female; a coquette. 2 (context obsolete English) A flirtatious male. vb. 1 To act as a flirt or coquet. 2 To waste time; to dally. 3 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.
WordNet
Wikipedia
Coquet may refer to:
- Coquet (person), a flirtatious person
- River Coquet, a river of Northumberland
Usage examples of "coquet".
Vincent toe, die haar schertsenderwijze met zijn binocle begon te fixeeren, waarop Eline zich coquet achter haar waaier verborg.
Even if Babette had been present, she would only have smiled her gay little smile and coquetted with him.
She chatted and coquetted and smiled, little dreaming that in a very few days her happiness would be wrecked and she would be linked for life to a man whom she could never love.
She who at home coquetted through the years In which I vainly penned her wishful words To come and comfort me in Italy, Might, faith, have urged it then effectually!
I hurried into the great drawing-room, found Lady Needleham alone, rushed out in despair, encountered the Lady Hasselton, and coquetted with her the rest of the evening.
You understanding me, me understanding you, no coquetting, no games, no playing.
The sick man's watchers were coquetting with some one who stood in the little court-yard five stories below.
The trivial commonness was gone from her coquetting shoulders and drooping eyelids.
Trees like tall, languid ladies with feather fans coquetting airily with the ugly roof of the monastery.
The skilled coquetting of the Government Has nearly won you from old fellowship!
Out of the corner of his eye he had seen her coquetting with the fancy young men of the court.
As they approached the old bridge over the Coquet leading to the charming little town, they met the two crazy riders coming to meet them, and inquired who had won.