agacerien.
/aɡasəˈriː/, U.S. /ˌæˌɡæsəˈri/ Now rare.
An act or means of allurement (frequently in plural); allurement, coquetry.
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the mind > emotion > love > flirtation or coquetry > [noun]
dalliancec1385
mirding1614
coquetry1656
gallanting1664
coquetting1690
flirting1710
flirtation1718
philandering1737
agacerie1787
carryings-on1909
vamping1918
1787 E. Wallace Let. to Friend 1 Werter's honour and respect for her..led him to repulse her agaceries.
1809 Q. Rev. 2 182 One class of readers may perhaps be amused by the agaçeries of the filles de chambre.
1818 A. Opie New Tales III. 95 Till her mother gave her..a very significant frown, her agaceries were addressed to me.
1853 E. C. Gaskell Ruth I. iii. 66 He had seen others..with many more agaceries calculated to set off the effect of their charms.
1883 M. Oliphant Mem. Sheridan v. 174 That very transparent agacerie by which foolish men are sometimes attracted in the lower ranks of life.
1912 E. C. Mayne Byron II. x. 240 We can hardly wonder when we read Hunt's admiring description of her agaceries.
1919 Printers' Ink 30 Jan. 126/2 Practice all the agacerie known to the advertising art.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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