Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Like a coquette; of or pertaining to or characterized by or practising coquetry.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Practicing or exhibiting coquetry; alluring; enticing.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. like a coquette
Examples
“With the words I write here I am not simply a camera operator or cinematographer; I am the lens itself – flattering, accentuating, distorting – recording how the world will recall my coquettish Miss Kathie.”
“In fact, in a manner which in another sex might be called coquettish, he seemed to court attention.”
For Love of Country A Story of Land and Sea in the Days of the Revolution
“I believe I shall never again resume those airs; which you term coquettish, but which I think deserve a softer appellation; as they proceed from an innocent heart, and are the effusions of a youthful, and cheerful mind.”
The Coquette, or, The History of Eliza Wharton: A Novel Founded on Fact
“She had only taken time to throw a loose wrapper around her shoulders; and her dishevelled hair streamed out from under a kind of coquettish morning-cap.”
“They sang syrupy love songs on one level, but on another they operated at an often haunting remove from their music that denied the kind of coquettish role they were intended to take on.”
“For some reason I'm thinking it may sound similar to either "coquettish" or "obsolescence," but at this point that may be nothing over and above wishful thinking.”
“coquettish' in such moments, when in fact she was treading precariously close to frenzied strangulation.”
Be My Enemy
“It was, according to Martin Luther, a “wag” or “waggle” resembling “the affected gait of coquettish females.””
“Such coquettish behavior is understandable when you're this pretty, but the risk of heartbreak is rising.”
“Early dinner: Bistro Don GiovanniThis restaurant rocks year in and year out for a reason -- it is passionately Italian -- the owners, the food, the clothing, the music, the coquettish waiters etc.”
The Huffington Post: Alexis Swanson Traina: So You're Visiting Napa for the Weekend: Day 2
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bilby "The men who continue to assume that women must be treated as creatures who do not know what is good for them, to be cajoled or coerced or punished at the will of a stiff-standing cock, seek to imprison women in the pathology of their oppressed condition. Some women are coquettish, although far fewer than the mythology of rape supposes; the only way to put an end to such fatuous guile is to cease to play the game, simply by taking women at their word."
- 'Seduction is a four-letter word', Germaine Greer in The Madwoman's Underclothes. Sep 1, 2008