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Definition of coquetry noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

coquetry

noun
 
/ˈkɒkɪtri/
 
/ˈkəʊkɪtri/
[uncountable] (literary)
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  1. behaviour that is intended to be sexually attractive but is not very serious
    Word Originmid 17th cent.: from French coquetterie, from coqueter ‘to flirt’, from coquet ‘wanton’, diminutive of coq ‘cock’.
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