coquet

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I now think you are more than half a coquet, and I like you for your roguery.

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  1. intransitive verb To engage in coquetry; flirt.
  2. intransitive verb To trifle; dally.

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  1. French coqueter, from coquet, flirtatious man, diminutive of coq, cock, from Old French coc, from Late Latin coccus; see cock1.

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  1. = Dutch koketteren = German coquettiren = Danish kokettere = Swedish kokettera, from French coqueter, coquet, flirt, orig. swagger or strut like a cock, from coquet, a little cock, hence a beau, feminine, coquette, a coquette, as adjective coquettish: see cocket, coquette.
 

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/kəˈkɛt/
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