coquetry

Meaning

Noun

  • Coquettish behaviour; actions designed to excite erotic attention, without intending to reciprocate such feelings (chiefly of women towards men); flirtatious teasing.
  • An act constituting such behaviour; an affectation of amorous interest or enticement, especially of a woman directed towards a man.

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Origin

  • From French coquetterie

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