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

coquette

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