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flirtatious, a.|flɜːˈteɪʃəs|
[f. flirtation; see -ous.]
a. Of persons: Given to flirtation, inclined to flirt.
1834C'tess Morley Dacre I. vi. 132 Match-making mothers, flirtatious daughters, and coquettish wives. 1886W. E. Norris Bachelor's Blunder ii. (1887) 15, I believe he is rather a flirtatious young gentleman.
b. Of speech, etc.: Of or pertaining to flirtation; of the nature of flirtation.
1870R. Broughton Red as Rose I. xii. 243 And yet their talk..holds nothing obnoxiously fond or flirtatious. 1891B. Harte 1st Fam. Tasajara I. 58 An audaciously flirtatious declaration.
Hence flirˈtatiously, adv.; flirˈtatiousness.
1863Holme Lee A. Warleigh's Fortunes II. 294 When young men and women are flirtatiously disposed. 1886Atlantic Monthly Sept. 432/1 A North Carolina girl of ingenuous flirtatiousness. |