coquet

Meanings

Noun

• A flirtatious female; a coquette.
• A flirtatious male.

Verb

• To act as a flirt or coquet.
• To waste time; to dally.
• 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; to lead on.

Origin

• Borrowed from French coquet ("little cockerel"), from coq + -et.