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Definition: Coquetry |
CoquetryNoun1. Playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "coquetry" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1726. (references) |
Etymology: Coquetry \Co*quet"ry\, noun; plural Coquetries. [French expression coquetterie.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonyms: CoquetrySynonyms: dalliance (n), flirt (n), flirtation (n), flirting (n), toying (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Affectation | Stiffness, formality, buckram; prudery, demureness, coquetry, mock modesty, minauderie, sentimentalism; mauvais honte, false shame. |
Endearment | Flirting; Verb: flirtation, gallantry; coquetry. |
Flattery | Noun: flattery, adulation, gloze; blandishment, blandiloquence; cajolery; fawning, wheedling;Verb: captation, coquetry, obsequiousness, sycophancy, flunkeyism, toadeating, tuft-hunting; snobbishness. |
Tergiversation | Coquetry; vacillation; backsliding; volte-face. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Coquetry |
| English words defined with "coquetry": Coquetries. (references) |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | She had lost her modesty, she was losing her coquetry. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Coquetry" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Coquetry" is used about 8 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 8 | 124,375 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "coquetry"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaans | behaagsug. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | spitullim (preciosity), naze (dalliance, fastidiousness, namby-pamby, particularity, pickiness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | غنج (flirtation, pet, rascaldom), عبث في الحب, التدلل, دلال غنج. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | кокетство. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | koketérie. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | behaagzucht. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | koketeco. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | veikistely, keimailu (flirtation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | coquetterie. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | koketterie (coquettishness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κοκεταρία (smartness), φιλαρέσκεια (coquetishness, skittishness), ερωτοτροπία (courtship, flirtation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מעש" ערות, עו'ב ות (archness, flirtation), "ת""רות (coquettishness, coxcombry, flashiness), "ת' "רות (conceit, showing off, strutting, titivation), "ת אות, ' "ר ות (coquettishness, dandyism, foppery, foppishness, vanity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | kacérkodás (flirtation, flirting). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | civetteria. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 媚態 , 嬌態 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | しな (article, China, counter for meal courses, dignity, goods, thing), きょうたい (cabinet, case, chassis, component, disgraceful behavior, main frame, unit), びたい. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | oquetrycay coquetaria (rage). (various references) cochetãrie (affectation, archness, coyness, demureness, elegance, smartness, spruceness, tidiness). (various references) кокетство. (various references) sguaigeis. (various references) koketerija. (various references) coquetería (flirtation). (various references) koketteri. (various references) พฤติกรรมยั่วยวน. (various references) cilve (archness, coquettish airs, manifestation), oynaşma (coquettish, dalliance, playing with each other), naz (affectation, coquettish, coyness), işve (coquettish). (various references) nдz (flirting, whim). (various references) кокетування. (various references) tính hay l m dáng, tính hay l m đỏm. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Coquetry" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Colquiri, coqeutry, coquart, coquerty. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "coquetry" (pronounced 'Co*quet"ry'): Almry, Avowry, Aweary, Balloonry, Barry, Bawdry, Blurry, Chantry, Charry, Cheerry, Chowry, Commandry, Comminatory, Consuetudinary, Consulary, Cymry, Dairy, Firry, foundry, Frory, furry, Gharry, hagberry, Henry, intermarry, Jerry, Jewry, Lepry, lory, Lowry, Lurry, merry, miscarry, Murry, Outweary, Overcarry, Overwary, overweary, Peltry, Querry, Recarry, remarry, Rory, Saltatory, saury, Serry, sherry, Skerry, Skurry, sorry. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-o-q-r-t-u-y" | |
-1 letter: croquet. | |
-2 letters: coquet, couter, outcry, quoter, roquet, torque. | |
-3 letters: court, coyer, cruet, curet, cuter, cutey, eruct, outer, outre, query, quote, recto, recut, roque, route, toque, toyer, truce, tuyer. | |
-4 letters: cero, core, cory, cote, cure, curt, cute, ecru, euro, oyer, quey, rote, roue, rout, ryot, torc, tore, tory, tour, trey, troy, true, tyer, tyre, tyro. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Quotations: Fiction | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Translations: Modern 7. Derivations 8. Rhymes | 9. Anagrams 10. Bibliography |
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