coquette
noun/kɒˈket/
/kəʊˈket/
(literary, often disapproving)- a person, usually a woman, who behaves in a way that is intended to be sexually attractive but is not very serious synonym flirtWord Originmid 17th cent.: French, feminine of coquet ‘wanton’, diminutive of coq ‘cock’.
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