coquetten.adj.

Brit.

/kɒˈkɛt/,

/kə(ʊ)ˈkɛt/, U.S.

/koʊˈkɛt/

Forms:

α. 1600s cocket, 1600s cocquett, 1600s coquett, 1600s–1700s cocquet, 1600s– coquet.

β. 1600s– coquette.

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

Etymology: < French coquette woman eager to please through her appearance, woman given to flirting or coquetry (probably 15th cent. as noun; in early use also with reference to a woman who is talkative or gossipy: compare quot. 1611 at sense A. 1aα. ), feminine form corresponding to coquet coquet n. Earliest found in English in the α. forms (and in early use often with primary stress on the first syllable), hence distinguished from later coquet adj. and n. only semantically. The β. forms become increasingly frequent from the 18th cent., although the α. forms remain current for both the noun and the adjective. In sense A. 2 after French coquet (masculine; R. P. Lesson Hist. nat. des oiseaux-mouches (?1829)); the form coquette results from attraction to the β. forms in English.

A. n.

a. A woman who trifles with men's affections; a woman given to flirting or coquetry. Also figurative.In early use perhaps also with the implication of forwardness or audacity in a woman.

ΘΚΠ

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

simper-de-cocketa1529

minx?1576

Mistress Minx1576

coquette1611

flirt1747

allumeusec1891

vampire1903

vampa1911

kikay1993

α.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues (at cited word) Coquette, a prattling or proud gossip; a frisking or fliperous minx; a cocket.

1678 T. Otway Friendship in Fashion i. 3 A constant frequenter of all Masquerades and publick Meetings, a perfect Coquet, very affected, and something old.

a1721 M. Prior Turtle & Sparrow (1723) 295 A meer Cocquet, or such I thought her.

1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued I. ii. 283 Pleasure is an errant coquet, flying those who court her most servilely and showing herself most gracious to those who bear the greatest indifference towards her.

1829 E. Bulwer-Lytton Devereux I. ii. ii. 166 ‘Right’, said Tarleton, leaning over a counter, and amorously eyeing the pretty coquet.

1993 Bluefield Daily Tel. 15 Nov. a6/1 [Margaret] Mitchell and her Scarlett were notorious coquets who toyed with the affections of many suitors at once.

2008 Huntington Libr. Q. 71 689 The failed marriage of a Protestant coquet and a former priest.

β. 1671 J. Dryden Evening's Love iii. 32 One of the greatest Coquette's in Madrid.1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews II. iii. iii. 44 If it was possible for a Coquette to love..it would wear the Face of Indifference if not of Hatred to the beloved Object. 1822 P. B. Shelley Fragm. Moon i Bright wanderer, fair coquette of heaven.1898 Argosy Oct. 391 The girl was conscious of his admiration, and, with the instinct of a born coquette, endeavored to enmesh him deeper in her toils.1964 J. Stewart tr. G. Simenon Maigret Mystified (1974) iii. 28 Under such conditions she was not pretty, and she looked more like a little country girl than a coquette.2004 Times 29 Apr. (Screen section) 5/2 The film is full of insufferably pompous fools and simpering coquettes.

b. A person of either gender who is given to flirting or coquetry. Chiefly with modifying word specifying the gender of the person, as in male coquette. Cf. male adj. and n.¹ Compounds 1a.

ΘΚΠ

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

toyer1577

encounterer1609

philander1676

coquette1710

flirter1814

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

spider-caul1631

rover1638

coquet1691

male coquette1710

flirta1732

1710 J. Addison Tatler No. 243. 1/2 I left the Apartment of this Female Rake, and went into her Neighbours, where there lay a Male-Coquet.

a1768 L. Sterne Lett. (1775) iii. 13 The Female Coquette triumphs in tormenting her inamorato, for fear, after marriage, he should not pity her.

1839 Yankee Farmer 7 Dec. 392/1 A gentleman coquette of this city..was ‘paid off’ for a recent indulgence in his ‘unamiable weakness’ in a way which should serve as a caution to all other male triflers with the fair sex.

1894 E. Sullivan Woman 15 But are not men flirts also?.. Are not men coquets?

1923 B. Ruck Sir or Madam xi. 138 Here, surely, was the opening for, say, expostulations to start with. An excellent opening. The baffling boy-coquette did not take it!

2006 Salon.com (Nexis) 25 May Prince, who somehow manages to play the role of a funky, middle-aged male coquette, showed up late in the telecast.

2. Any of the very small hummingbirds of the Central and South American genus Lophornis (family Trochilidae), the males of which are brightly coloured with prominent crests and a plume of feathers on each side of the neck. Frequently with distinguishing word. In later use more fully coquette hummingbird.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Apodiformes > [noun] > family Trochilidae (humming-bird)

hummer1606

hum-bird1634

hummingbird1637

trochilus1752

bee-bird1771

honeysucker1773

fly-bird1782

coquette1854

satellite1857

1833 W. Jardine Nat. Hist. Humming-birds (Naturalist's Libr.: Ornithol. I) I. 112 They are called by the French, Coquets; and Lesson has formed from them a genus, Lophornis.]

1854 Excelsior 2 446 The festive Coquette, so called, constitutes the genus Lophornis, and is characterised by the great length and extreme beauty of the auricular feathers.

1903 Condor 5 93 One male specimen of the Helana [sic] coquette (Lophornis helenæ), an exquisite little gem, was taken high up in a tree at the long, tubular, pink flowers of a climbing vine.

1994 Guardian 26 Sept. i. 21/5 Rainbow-bearded thornbill, sparkling violetear, spangled coquette, bronze-tailed plumeleteer..tyrian metaltail—surely no group of organisms enjoys more evocative names than the humming birds?

2017 Chicago Daily Herald (Nexis) 4 May (Neighbor section) 2 Some 482 species have been recorded, including the dazzling tufted coquette hummingbird, the bearded bellbird and scarlet ibis.

B. adj.

Reminiscent or typical of a coquette; playfully and insincerely flirtatious; coquettish. Also in extended use. Cf. coquet adj.

ΘΚΠ

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

coquette1682

coquet1688

coquettish1689

vampish1922

vampy1949

1682 tr. R. de Rabutin Loves Empire 72 The reproaches and noise he would make, would occasion more vexation to the Cocquet Mistress than all those managements could have procured her Pleasure.

1711 Wentworth Papers (1882) 214 Her Grace of Shrewsbery is now very coquet with Lord Ashburnham.

1769 F. Brooke Hist. Emily Montague I. iv. 23 They [sc. Canadian ladies] are gay, coquet, and sprightly; more gallant than sensible.

1865 Pall Mall Gaz. 24 Apr. 3 The forest of Soignies..if not as coquette, fully as enjoyable as the famous ‘Bois’ itself.

1993 Vanity Fair Nov. 190/2 She clung to all her arcane coquette habits left over from the 20s—sleeping on a black satin pillow to preserve her hair dye, [etc.].

2006 Wonkette (Nexis) 9 May She's flashing her coquette smile.

Compounds

coquette patch n. now historical and rare a small piece of black material, typically silk or velvet, cut into a decorative shape and worn on the face, either for adornment or to conceal a blemish; = patch n.¹ 1c.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the face > [noun] > adorning with patches > ornamental patches or spots

spot1578

patch1592

beauty spot1647

fly1658

mouche1676

gunpowder spot1681

powder-spot1683

beauty patch1691

mouchet1699

coquette patch1705

1705 J. Vanbrugh Confederacy ii. i Araminta, before she can come abroad, is so long a placing her coquet-patch, that I must be a year without company.

1905 Appleton's Booklovers Mag. July 60/1 Very dainty in her powder and one coquette patch that emphasized the slow color tinting a skin of snow.

1999 Bath Chron. (Nexis) 16 Feb. 6 The black silk patches..not only served as coquet patches but perhaps more importantly could conceal blemishes such as pimples and pock marks.

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

单词	coquette
释义	coquetten.adj. Brit. /kɒˈkɛt/, /kə(ʊ)ˈkɛt/, U.S. /koʊˈkɛt/ Forms: α. 1600s cocket, 1600s cocquett, 1600s coquett, 1600s–1700s cocquet, 1600s– coquet. β. 1600s– coquette. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French coquette. Etymology: < French coquette woman eager to please through her appearance, woman given to flirting or coquetry (probably 15th cent. as noun; in early use also with reference to a woman who is talkative or gossipy: compare quot. 1611 at sense A. 1aα. ), feminine form corresponding to coquet coquet n. Earliest found in English in the α. forms (and in early use often with primary stress on the first syllable), hence distinguished from later coquet adj. and n. only semantically. The β. forms become increasingly frequent from the 18th cent., although the α. forms remain current for both the noun and the adjective. In sense A. 2 after French coquet (masculine; R. P. Lesson Hist. nat. des oiseaux-mouches (?1829)); the form coquette results from attraction to the β. forms in English. A. n. 1. a. A woman who trifles with men's affections; a woman given to flirting or coquetry. Also figurative.In early use perhaps also with the implication of forwardness or audacity in a woman. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > flirtation or coquetry > [noun] > flirt > female flirt simper-de-cocketa1529 minx?1576 Mistress Minx1576 coquette1611 flirt1747 allumeusec1891 vampire1903 vampa1911 kikay1993 α. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues (at cited word) Coquette, a prattling or proud gossip; a frisking or fliperous minx; a cocket. 1678 T. Otway Friendship in Fashion i. 3 A constant frequenter of all Masquerades and publick Meetings, a perfect Coquet, very affected, and something old. a1721 M. Prior Turtle & Sparrow (1723) 295 A meer Cocquet, or such I thought her. 1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued I. ii. 283 Pleasure is an errant coquet, flying those who court her most servilely and showing herself most gracious to those who bear the greatest indifference towards her. 1829 E. Bulwer-Lytton Devereux I. ii. ii. 166 ‘Right’, said Tarleton, leaning over a counter, and amorously eyeing the pretty coquet. 1993 Bluefield Daily Tel. 15 Nov. a6/1 [Margaret] Mitchell and her Scarlett were notorious coquets who toyed with the affections of many suitors at once. 2008 Huntington Libr. Q. 71 689 The failed marriage of a Protestant coquet and a former priest. β. 1671 J. Dryden Evening's Love iii. 32 One of the greatest Coquette's in Madrid.1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews II. iii. iii. 44 If it was possible for a Coquette to love..it would wear the Face of Indifference if not of Hatred to the beloved Object. View more context for this quotation1822 P. B. Shelley Fragm. Moon i Bright wanderer, fair coquette of heaven.1898 Argosy Oct. 391 The girl was conscious of his admiration, and, with the instinct of a born coquette, endeavored to enmesh him deeper in her toils.1964 J. Stewart tr. G. Simenon Maigret Mystified (1974) iii. 28 Under such conditions she was not pretty, and she looked more like a little country girl than a coquette.2004 Times 29 Apr. (Screen section) 5/2 The film is full of insufferably pompous fools and simpering coquettes. b. A person of either gender who is given to flirting or coquetry. Chiefly with modifying word specifying the gender of the person, as in male coquette. Cf. male adj. and n.¹ Compounds 1a. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > flirtation or coquetry > [noun] > flirt toyer1577 encounterer1609 philander1676 coquette1710 flirter1814 the mind > emotion > love > flirtation or coquetry > [noun] > flirt > male flirt spider-caul1631 rover1638 coquet1691 male coquette1710 flirta1732 1710 J. Addison Tatler No. 243. 1/2 I left the Apartment of this Female Rake, and went into her Neighbours, where there lay a Male-Coquet. a1768 L. Sterne Lett. (1775) iii. 13 The Female Coquette triumphs in tormenting her inamorato, for fear, after marriage, he should not pity her. 1839 Yankee Farmer 7 Dec. 392/1 A gentleman coquette of this city..was ‘paid off’ for a recent indulgence in his ‘unamiable weakness’ in a way which should serve as a caution to all other male triflers with the fair sex. 1894 E. Sullivan Woman 15 But are not men flirts also?.. Are not men coquets? 1923 B. Ruck Sir or Madam xi. 138 Here, surely, was the opening for, say, expostulations to start with. An excellent opening. The baffling boy-coquette did not take it! 2006 Salon.com (Nexis) 25 May Prince, who somehow manages to play the role of a funky, middle-aged male coquette, showed up late in the telecast. 2. Any of the very small hummingbirds of the Central and South American genus Lophornis (family Trochilidae), the males of which are brightly coloured with prominent crests and a plume of feathers on each side of the neck. Frequently with distinguishing word. In later use more fully coquette hummingbird. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Apodiformes > [noun] > family Trochilidae (humming-bird) hummer1606 hum-bird1634 hummingbird1637 trochilus1752 bee-bird1771 honeysucker1773 fly-bird1782 coquette1854 satellite1857 1833 W. Jardine Nat. Hist. Humming-birds (Naturalist's Libr.: Ornithol. I) I. 112 They are called by the French, Coquets; and Lesson has formed from them a genus, Lophornis.] 1854 Excelsior 2 446 The festive Coquette, so called, constitutes the genus Lophornis, and is characterised by the great length and extreme beauty of the auricular feathers. 1903 Condor 5 93 One male specimen of the Helana [sic] coquette (Lophornis helenæ), an exquisite little gem, was taken high up in a tree at the long, tubular, pink flowers of a climbing vine. 1994 Guardian 26 Sept. i. 21/5 Rainbow-bearded thornbill, sparkling violetear, spangled coquette, bronze-tailed plumeleteer..tyrian metaltail—surely no group of organisms enjoys more evocative names than the humming birds? 2017 Chicago Daily Herald (Nexis) 4 May (Neighbor section) 2 Some 482 species have been recorded, including the dazzling tufted coquette hummingbird, the bearded bellbird and scarlet ibis. B. adj. Reminiscent or typical of a coquette; playfully and insincerely flirtatious; coquettish. Also in extended use. Cf. coquet adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > flirtation or coquetry > [adjective] > like or of the nature of a coquette coquette1682 coquet1688 coquettish1689 vampish1922 vampy1949 1682 tr. R. de Rabutin Loves Empire 72 The reproaches and noise he would make, would occasion more vexation to the Cocquet Mistress than all those managements could have procured her Pleasure. 1711 Wentworth Papers (1882) 214 Her Grace of Shrewsbery is now very coquet with Lord Ashburnham. 1769 F. Brooke Hist. Emily Montague I. iv. 23 They [sc. Canadian ladies] are gay, coquet, and sprightly; more gallant than sensible. 1865 Pall Mall Gaz. 24 Apr. 3 The forest of Soignies..if not as coquette, fully as enjoyable as the famous ‘Bois’ itself. 1993 Vanity Fair Nov. 190/2 She clung to all her arcane coquette habits left over from the 20s—sleeping on a black satin pillow to preserve her hair dye, [etc.]. 2006 Wonkette (Nexis) 9 May She's flashing her coquette smile. Compounds coquette patch n. now historical and rare a small piece of black material, typically silk or velvet, cut into a decorative shape and worn on the face, either for adornment or to conceal a blemish; = patch n.¹ 1c. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the face > [noun] > adorning with patches > ornamental patches or spots spot1578 patch1592 beauty spot1647 fly1658 mouche1676 gunpowder spot1681 powder-spot1683 beauty patch1691 mouchet1699 coquette patch1705 1705 J. Vanbrugh Confederacy ii. i Araminta, before she can come abroad, is so long a placing her coquet-patch, that I must be a year without company. 1905 Appleton's Booklovers Mag. July 60/1 Very dainty in her powder and one coquette patch that emphasized the slow color tinting a skin of snow. 1999 Bath Chron. (Nexis) 16 Feb. 6 The black silk patches..not only served as coquet patches but perhaps more importantly could conceal blemishes such as pimples and pock marks. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021). < n.adj.1611
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