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coquette
(encz) | coquette,koketa n: Zdeněk Brož |
Coquette
(gcide) | Coquette \Co*quette"\, n. [F., fr. coquet, coquette, coquettish,
orig., cocklike, strutting like a cock, fr. coq a cock. Cf.
Cock, Cocket, Cocky, Cockade.]
1. A vain, trifling woman, who endeavors to attract
admiration from a desire to gratify vanity; a flirt; --
formerly sometimes applied also to men.
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2. (Zool.) A tropical humming bird of the genus Lophornis,
with very elegant neck plumes. Several species are known.
See Illustration under Spangle, v. t.
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coquette
(wn) | coquette
n 1: a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men
[syn: coquette, flirt, vamp, vamper, minx,
tease, prickteaser]
v 1: talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions; "The
guys always try to chat up the new secretaries"; "My
husband never flirts with other women" [syn: chat up,
flirt, dally, butterfly, coquet, coquette,
romance, philander, mash] |
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coquette
(encz) | coquette,koketa n: Zdeněk Brož |
Coquetted
(gcide) | Coquet \Co*quet"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Coquetted; p. pr. & vb.
n. Coquetting.]
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.
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You are coquetting a maid of honor. --Swift.
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Spangled coquette
(gcide) | Spangle \Span"gle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spangled; p. pr. & vb.
n. Spangling.]
To set or sprinkle with, or as with, spangles; to adorn with
small, distinct, brilliant bodies; as, a spangled
breastplate. --Donne.
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What stars do spangle heaven with such beauty? --Shak.
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Spangled coquette (Zool.), a tropical humming bird
(Lophornis reginae). See Coquette, 2.
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coquette
(wn) | coquette
n 1: a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men
[syn: coquette, flirt, vamp, vamper, minx,
tease, prickteaser]
v 1: talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions; "The
guys always try to chat up the new secretaries"; "My
husband never flirts with other women" [syn: chat up,
flirt, dally, butterfly, coquet, coquette,
romance, philander, mash] |
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