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coquettish, a.|kəʊˈkɛtɪʃ|
Also 8 -quetish.
[f. coquette + -ish.]
Like or of the nature of a coquette; of or characterized by coquetry.
1702Eng. Theophrast. 29 A Coquetish Humour is an Irregularity, or Debauchery of the Mind. 1792M. Wollstonecraft Rights Wom. v. 195 Her dress is extremely modest in appearance, and yet very coquettish in fact. 1845Ld. Campbell Chancellors (1857) IV. xcv. 294 He then paid court to a coquettish young widow. 1859Geo. Eliot A. Bede 70 Hetty tossed and patted her pound of butter with quite a self-possessed, coquettish air.
b. Comb., as coquettish-looking, etc.
1869M. E. Braddon Lady's Mile i, A pretty, coquettish-looking girl. |