coquetadj.n.

Brit.

/kɒˈkɛt/,

/kə(ʊ)ˈkɛt/, U.S.

/koʊˈkɛt/

Forms: 1600s coquett, 1600s– coquet.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French coquet.

Etymology: < French coquet (noun) man who seeks to please, man given to flirting or coquetry (1643; earlier in the corresponding feminine form coquette coquette n.), (adjective) that seeks to please, coquettish, playfully flirtatious (1643) < coq cock n.¹ + -et -et suffix¹, with reference to behaviour taken to be characteristic of a cock (compare the semantic development in English of e.g. cock v.¹, cockish adj., cocky adj.). Compare earlier coquette n., which shows borrowing of the corresponding French feminine noun coquette . This is often spelt coquet in English (as are the adjectival uses derived from it: see α. forms at coquette n. and adj.); in such spellings, the two words are thus formally indistinguishable (see further discussion at coquette n. and adj.).In early use frequently with primary stress on the first syllable. Earlier currency may perhaps be implied by quot. 1657 at coquetting adj. (compare discussion at that entry). Earlier borrowing of the same French word may perhaps be shown by cocket adj.

†A. adj.

Reminiscent or typical of a coquet; playfully and insincerely flirtatious; coquettish. Obsolete.Frequently difficult to distinguish from coquette adj. (see α. forms at coquette n. and adj. and discussion in etymology).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > flirtation or coquetry > [adjective] > like or of the nature of a coquette

coquette1682

coquet1688

coquettish1689

vampish1922

vampy1949

1688 A. Behn Lycidus 27 A little Coquett Cupid presented himself to me for a kind Instructer.

?1708 Brit. Apollo: Q. Paper 1 No. 2. 11/2 A gentleman, a Friend of her's, is always very Coquet to her in his drink, and never so at other times: because folly is the effect of drunkenness.

1842 Morning Post 27 Aug. 7/2 We have no longer an iron sceptre to rule us; but we have instead the Cravache Verdier, which is more graceful, much lighter, and more coquet and frivolous.

1905 K. Cox Old Masters & New 60 Tiepolo..is coquet rather than sumptuous, amusing and immensely clever rather than grand.

B. n.

A man who trifles with women's affections; a man given to flirting or coquetry. Frequently in to play the coquet. Cf. coquette n. 1b. Now somewhat dated.See note at sense A.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > flirtation or coquetry > [noun] > flirt > male flirt

spider-caul1631

rover1638

coquet1691

male coquette1710

flirta1732

1691 Satyr against French 14 We shortly must our Native Speech forget And every Man appear a French Coquett.

1732 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) I. 362 My brother..is playing the coquet among the belles on Tunbridge walks.

1819 J. Constable Let. 2 Nov. (1962) 189 While I am writing all this I am playing the Coquet as I mean to add a post script to this note... P.S. I was last night..elected an Associate of the Royal Academy.

1989 Newsweek (U.S. ed.) (Nexis) 29 May 4 ‘The man is a bit of a coquet’, said an aide.

2008 H. Klein in S. King & Y. Schlick Refiguring the Coquette 157 The coquet behaves in a way that a gentleman decidedly would not.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021).

coquetv.

Brit.

/kɒˈkɛt/,

/kə(ʊ)ˈkɛt/, U.S.

/koʊˈkɛt/

Inflections: Present participle coqueting, coquetting; past tense and past participle coqueted, coquetted;

Forms: 1600s coquetting (present participle), 1700s cocquet, 1700s– coquet, 1700s– coquette.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French coqueter.

Etymology: < French coqueter, †coquetter (1st person singular je coquette , †je coquète ) to flirt playfully and insincerely, to act like a coquette or coquet (1638, frequently of a woman, frequently with avec ; 1611 with reference to strutting or preening behaviour reminiscent of a cock among hens) < coquet coquet n. Compare slightly earlier coquetting n.The forms coquet and coquette are both found from the 18th cent. onwards. It is often unclear which spelling the inflected forms coquetting and coquetted correspond to (as e.g. in quot. 1697 at sense 1a). Compare coquet adj. and n. and coquette n. and adj. and discussion of forms at both entries. While the form coquette appears frequently associated with female behaviour (compare likewise coquette n. and adj.), this is not invariably the case: for an early instance of use of the form coquette with reference to the behaviour of a man see quot. 1742 at Phrases, and for use of the form coquet (in past tense coqueted ) with reference to the behaviour of a woman see quot. 1780 at sense 3.

a. intransitive. To act like a coquette or coquet; to flirt playfully and insincerely with a person. Also figurative. Now somewhat dated.In early use with reference to a man or woman; now chiefly with reference to a woman.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > flirtation or coquetry > flirt, philander, or dally [verb (intransitive)]

flicker?c1225

dallyc1440

mird?c1625

pickeer1646

to dally away1685

niggle1696

coquet1700

gallant1744

philander1778

flirt1781

fike1804

gallivant1823

butterfly1893

vamp1904

romance1907

to fool up1933

floss1938

cop1940

horse1953

1700 G. Farquhar Constant Couple iii. ii. 28 (stage direct.) The Street before Lurewell's Lodgings; Clincher Sen. and Lurewell Coqueting in the Balcony.

1839 H. W. Longfellow Hyperion I. i. vi How the wanton, treacherous air coquets with the old greybeard trees.

1961 S. J. Perelman Rising Gorge (1987) 121 I caught glimpses of the trio ahead in their jeep, with Mrs. Forepaugh coquetting fit to kill.

2005 Hungarian Jrnl. Eng. & Amer. Stud. 11 81 She so openly coquetted with him that she even kissed him in the mouth in front of St. Paul's Cathedral.

b. transitive. To flirt playfully and insincerely with (a person). Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > flirtation or coquetry > flirt with [verb (transitive)]

gallant1672

coquet1725

chat1898

trick1913

vamp1918

to make time with1934

to come on1948

chirpse1997

1725 J. Swift Let. 26 Nov. in Corr. (1963) III. 118 You coquetting a Maid of Honour.

1773 O. Goldsmith She stoops to Conquer Epil. Talks loud, coquets the guests, and scolds the waiters.

1856 C. O. Hoffman Night Watch xxvi. 246 She had flirted with him, coquetted him, and sometimes lured him on to commit himself.

1961 J. Aldridge Last Exile li. 394 Ali Zareef was relieved to be talking Arabic to Nona Mamoon who coquetted him gently.

c. transitive. To try to seduce (a person) with something considered erotic. Also in extended use.

ΚΠ

1947 N.Y. Times 27 Feb. (Late City ed.) 26/2 For eighty-five minutes she coquettes him with everything, including the old black negligee routine.

1998 K. Czyzewski in J. Brendel et al. Culture of Time of Transformation 99 We care very much about becoming matey with ‘autochthons’ of another culture, we coquet them with our tolerance, we protect them from any attack.

2013 N. Sibum Traymore Rooms iv. v. 524 She coquettes Dubois with her breasts and the force of her hips.

†2. intransitive. To relax control over a horse by pretending to let it do as it likes; to play with a horse in this manner. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1778 G. L. Way Learning at Loss II. 150 I'll go and coquet with my horse!

1860 Belfast Morning News 16 July The man coquetted with his horse, then turned him sharp round.

1863 W. Thornbury True as Steel I. 150 Robert..maintaining a perfect seat, coquetted with his fiery chesnut horse, to the delight of the multitude.

3. intransitive. To decline to do something out of pretended shyness or modesty. Now rare.

ΚΠ

1780 F. Burney Let. June in Early Jrnls. & Lett. (2003) IV. 171 Miss White begged her to sing us a French song,—she Coqueted,—but Mrs. Riggs..insisted upon her obedience.

1894 J. Ashton Varia 164 The Pope..begged him to come to Rome... But he coquetted before he consented.

1911 G. L. H. Lutz Dawn of Morning xx. 222 ‘I have no desire for attention from any one, and will have to ask you to excuse me from accepting it.’ He looked at her in astonishment, and thought she must be coquetting.

1932 Bookman Jan. 557/1 Others coquetted before accepting [the Nobel Prize for Literature], but he alone persisted in his resolution to decline.

4. intransitive. To show casual interest in a particular matter, proposal, etc.; to act without seriousness with regards to something; to dally, trifle, or toy with something. With preposition phrase introduced by with or about indicating the matter in question.

ΚΠ

1795 Parl. Reg 1780–96 XLI. 243 The word accusation ought not to be coquetted with, under an affectation of candour and liberty to the Commanders.

1814 R. Wilson Private Diary II. 299 We have lost precious time in coquetting about his recognition, if we are to acknowledge him king at the last.

1878 W. E. H. Lecky Hist. Eng. 18th Cent. II. ix Lady Townshend for a time coquetted with Methodism as with Popery.

1921 Onlooker Mar. 23 There is a Liberal policy for the West which coquets with free trade, but when eastern voters are to be conciliated there are hedgings and qualifications innumerable.

2014 H.-P. Rodenberg Making Ernest Hemingway xi. 175 He only too willingly gave interviews and coquetted with his growing fame.

Phrases

to coquet it: to act coquettishly; to behave in a coy, flirtatious manner; to flirt playfully and insincerely with someone. rare after 18th cent.

ΚΠ

1701 G. Farquhar Sir Harry Wildair iii. i. 21 See how they Cocquet it! Oh! There's a Look! there's a Simper! there's a Squeeze for you!

1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews II. iv. ix. 245 He then..turned about to coquette it with Fanny.

1911 P. H. Blades Don Sagasto's Daughter v. 99 She queened it and coquetted it and demured it and womaned it over Hemperton and Modeno.

1970 D. S. Foster Moulton Trag. 43 The village girl strolls out at dusking Coquetting it beside the sea.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	coquet
释义	coquetadj.n. Brit. /kɒˈkɛt/, /kə(ʊ)ˈkɛt/, U.S. /koʊˈkɛt/ Forms: 1600s coquett, 1600s– coquet. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French coquet. Etymology: < French coquet (noun) man who seeks to please, man given to flirting or coquetry (1643; earlier in the corresponding feminine form coquette coquette n.), (adjective) that seeks to please, coquettish, playfully flirtatious (1643) < coq cock n.¹ + -et -et suffix¹, with reference to behaviour taken to be characteristic of a cock (compare the semantic development in English of e.g. cock v.¹, cockish adj., cocky adj.). Compare earlier coquette n., which shows borrowing of the corresponding French feminine noun coquette . This is often spelt coquet in English (as are the adjectival uses derived from it: see α. forms at coquette n. and adj.); in such spellings, the two words are thus formally indistinguishable (see further discussion at coquette n. and adj.).In early use frequently with primary stress on the first syllable. Earlier currency may perhaps be implied by quot. 1657 at coquetting adj. (compare discussion at that entry). Earlier borrowing of the same French word may perhaps be shown by cocket adj. †A. adj. Reminiscent or typical of a coquet; playfully and insincerely flirtatious; coquettish. Obsolete.Frequently difficult to distinguish from coquette adj. (see α. forms at coquette n. and adj. and discussion in etymology). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > flirtation or coquetry > [adjective] > like or of the nature of a coquette coquette1682 coquet1688 coquettish1689 vampish1922 vampy1949 1688 A. Behn Lycidus 27 A little Coquett Cupid presented himself to me for a kind Instructer. ?1708 Brit. Apollo: Q. Paper 1 No. 2. 11/2 A gentleman, a Friend of her's, is always very Coquet to her in his drink, and never so at other times: because folly is the effect of drunkenness. 1842 Morning Post 27 Aug. 7/2 We have no longer an iron sceptre to rule us; but we have instead the Cravache Verdier, which is more graceful, much lighter, and more coquet and frivolous. 1905 K. Cox Old Masters & New 60 Tiepolo..is coquet rather than sumptuous, amusing and immensely clever rather than grand. B. n. A man who trifles with women's affections; a man given to flirting or coquetry. Frequently in to play the coquet. Cf. coquette n. 1b. Now somewhat dated.See note at sense A. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > flirtation or coquetry > [noun] > flirt > male flirt spider-caul1631 rover1638 coquet1691 male coquette1710 flirta1732 1691 Satyr against French 14 We shortly must our Native Speech forget And every Man appear a French Coquett. 1732 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) I. 362 My brother..is playing the coquet among the belles on Tunbridge walks. 1819 J. Constable Let. 2 Nov. (1962) 189 While I am writing all this I am playing the Coquet as I mean to add a post script to this note... P.S. I was last night..elected an Associate of the Royal Academy. 1989 Newsweek (U.S. ed.) (Nexis) 29 May 4 ‘The man is a bit of a coquet’, said an aide. 2008 H. Klein in S. King & Y. Schlick Refiguring the Coquette 157 The coquet behaves in a way that a gentleman decidedly would not. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021). coquetv. Brit. /kɒˈkɛt/, /kə(ʊ)ˈkɛt/, U.S. /koʊˈkɛt/ Inflections: Present participle coqueting, coquetting; past tense and past participle coqueted, coquetted; Forms: 1600s coquetting (present participle), 1700s cocquet, 1700s– coquet, 1700s– coquette. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French coqueter. Etymology: < French coqueter, †coquetter (1st person singular je coquette , †je coquète ) to flirt playfully and insincerely, to act like a coquette or coquet (1638, frequently of a woman, frequently with avec ; 1611 with reference to strutting or preening behaviour reminiscent of a cock among hens) < coquet coquet n. Compare slightly earlier coquetting n.The forms coquet and coquette are both found from the 18th cent. onwards. It is often unclear which spelling the inflected forms coquetting and coquetted correspond to (as e.g. in quot. 1697 at sense 1a). Compare coquet adj. and n. and coquette n. and adj. and discussion of forms at both entries. While the form coquette appears frequently associated with female behaviour (compare likewise coquette n. and adj.), this is not invariably the case: for an early instance of use of the form coquette with reference to the behaviour of a man see quot. 1742 at Phrases, and for use of the form coquet (in past tense coqueted ) with reference to the behaviour of a woman see quot. 1780 at sense 3. 1. a. intransitive. To act like a coquette or coquet; to flirt playfully and insincerely with a person. Also figurative. Now somewhat dated.In early use with reference to a man or woman; now chiefly with reference to a woman. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > flirtation or coquetry > flirt, philander, or dally [verb (intransitive)] flicker?c1225 dallyc1440 mird?c1625 pickeer1646 to dally away1685 niggle1696 coquet1700 gallant1744 philander1778 flirt1781 fike1804 gallivant1823 butterfly1893 vamp1904 romance1907 to fool up1933 floss1938 cop1940 horse1953 1700 G. Farquhar Constant Couple iii. ii. 28 (stage direct.) The Street before Lurewell's Lodgings; Clincher Sen. and Lurewell Coqueting in the Balcony. 1839 H. W. Longfellow Hyperion I. i. vi How the wanton, treacherous air coquets with the old greybeard trees. 1961 S. J. Perelman Rising Gorge (1987) 121 I caught glimpses of the trio ahead in their jeep, with Mrs. Forepaugh coquetting fit to kill. 2005 Hungarian Jrnl. Eng. & Amer. Stud. 11 81 She so openly coquetted with him that she even kissed him in the mouth in front of St. Paul's Cathedral. b. transitive. To flirt playfully and insincerely with (a person). Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > flirtation or coquetry > flirt with [verb (transitive)] gallant1672 coquet1725 chat1898 trick1913 vamp1918 to make time with1934 to come on1948 chirpse1997 1725 J. Swift Let. 26 Nov. in Corr. (1963) III. 118 You coquetting a Maid of Honour. 1773 O. Goldsmith She stoops to Conquer Epil. Talks loud, coquets the guests, and scolds the waiters. 1856 C. O. Hoffman Night Watch xxvi. 246 She had flirted with him, coquetted him, and sometimes lured him on to commit himself. 1961 J. Aldridge Last Exile li. 394 Ali Zareef was relieved to be talking Arabic to Nona Mamoon who coquetted him gently. c. transitive. To try to seduce (a person) with something considered erotic. Also in extended use. ΚΠ 1947 N.Y. Times 27 Feb. (Late City ed.) 26/2 For eighty-five minutes she coquettes him with everything, including the old black negligee routine. 1998 K. Czyzewski in J. Brendel et al. Culture of Time of Transformation 99 We care very much about becoming matey with ‘autochthons’ of another culture, we coquet them with our tolerance, we protect them from any attack. 2013 N. Sibum Traymore Rooms iv. v. 524 She coquettes Dubois with her breasts and the force of her hips. †2. intransitive. To relax control over a horse by pretending to let it do as it likes; to play with a horse in this manner. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1778 G. L. Way Learning at Loss II. 150 I'll go and coquet with my horse! 1860 Belfast Morning News 16 July The man coquetted with his horse, then turned him sharp round. 1863 W. Thornbury True as Steel I. 150 Robert..maintaining a perfect seat, coquetted with his fiery chesnut horse, to the delight of the multitude. 3. intransitive. To decline to do something out of pretended shyness or modesty. Now rare. ΚΠ 1780 F. Burney Let. June in Early Jrnls. & Lett. (2003) IV. 171 Miss White begged her to sing us a French song,—she Coqueted,—but Mrs. Riggs..insisted upon her obedience. 1894 J. Ashton Varia 164 The Pope..begged him to come to Rome... But he coquetted before he consented. 1911 G. L. H. Lutz Dawn of Morning xx. 222 ‘I have no desire for attention from any one, and will have to ask you to excuse me from accepting it.’ He looked at her in astonishment, and thought she must be coquetting. 1932 Bookman Jan. 557/1 Others coquetted before accepting [the Nobel Prize for Literature], but he alone persisted in his resolution to decline. 4. intransitive. To show casual interest in a particular matter, proposal, etc.; to act without seriousness with regards to something; to dally, trifle, or toy with something. With preposition phrase introduced by with or about indicating the matter in question. ΚΠ 1795 Parl. Reg 1780–96 XLI. 243 The word accusation ought not to be coquetted with, under an affectation of candour and liberty to the Commanders. 1814 R. Wilson Private Diary II. 299 We have lost precious time in coquetting about his recognition, if we are to acknowledge him king at the last. 1878 W. E. H. Lecky Hist. Eng. 18th Cent. II. ix Lady Townshend for a time coquetted with Methodism as with Popery. 1921 Onlooker Mar. 23 There is a Liberal policy for the West which coquets with free trade, but when eastern voters are to be conciliated there are hedgings and qualifications innumerable. 2014 H.-P. Rodenberg Making Ernest Hemingway xi. 175 He only too willingly gave interviews and coquetted with his growing fame. Phrases to coquet it: to act coquettishly; to behave in a coy, flirtatious manner; to flirt playfully and insincerely with someone. rare after 18th cent. ΚΠ 1701 G. Farquhar Sir Harry Wildair iii. i. 21 See how they Cocquet it! Oh! There's a Look! there's a Simper! there's a Squeeze for you! 1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews II. iv. ix. 245 He then..turned about to coquette it with Fanny. View more context for this quotation 1911 P. H. Blades Don Sagasto's Daughter v. 99 She queened it and coquetted it and demured it and womaned it over Hemperton and Modeno. 1970 D. S. Foster Moulton Trag. 43 The village girl strolls out at dusking Coquetting it beside the sea. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.n.1688v.1700
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