Coquette
[kɒ'ket] or [ko'kɛt]
Definition
(noun.) a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men.
Checked by Douglas--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A vain, trifling woman, who endeavors to attract admiration from a desire to gratify vanity; a flirt; -- formerly sometimes applied also to men.
(n.) A tropical humming bird of the genus Lophornis, with very elegant neck plumes. Several species are known. See Illustration under Spangle, v. t.
Editor: Pedro
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Flirt, jilt.
Editor: Lucius
Examples
- St. Pierreelle a l'air d'une vieille coquette qui fait l'ingénue. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Et Mademoiselle Lucy est coquette comme dix Parisiennes, he answered. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- There should be a little filigree about a woman--something of the coquette. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The play--a mere trifle--ran chiefly on the efforts of a brace of rivals to gain the hand of a fair coquette. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Petite chatte, doucerette, coquette! Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Of what color, you coquette,—red for love, or white for silence? Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Napier called her a coquette, and a false deceiver, reminding her of her promise to allow him to see her home. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- But I am afraid she is a coquette, or else it is a woman's way of provoking love. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Fanny is the sweetest creature on earth; but you are all a race of finished coquettes, who delight in making fools of people. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
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