coquettishadj.

Brit.

/kɒˈkɛtɪʃ/,

/kə(ʊ)ˈkɛtɪʃ/, U.S.

/koʊˈkɛdɪʃ/

Forms: 1700s– coquetish, 1700s– coquettish.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: coquette n., -ish suffix¹.

Etymology: < coquette n. + -ish suffix¹.With some instances of use with reference to the behaviour of men compare also coquet adj. and coquet n. (compare e.g. quot. 1792 at coquettishly adv.).

Befitting or suggestive of a coquette or coquet; characterized by coquetry; playfully and insincerely flirtatious.

ΘΚΠ

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

coquette1682

coquet1688

coquettish1689

vampish1922

vampy1949

1689 R. Gould Poems 49 Fine, not coquetish, as if too much care Were us'd in dressing.

1702 Eng. Theophrastus 29 A Coquetish Humour is an Irregularity, or Debauchery of the Mind.

1792 tr. J.-J. Rousseau in M. Wollstonecraft Vindic. Rights Woman v. 195 Her dress is extremely modest in appearance, and yet very coquettish in fact.

1845 Ld. Campbell Lives Chancellors III. xcv. 445 He then paid court to a coquettish young widow.

1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede I. i. vii. 151 Hetty tossed and patted her pound of butter with quite a self-possessed, coquettish air.

1976 Times 23 Nov. 11/7 A sardonic intruder..whose every line from his coquettish opening request for a kiss violates the domestic picture.

2016 MailOnline (Nexis) 13 Dec. The model casts a coquettish glance over one shoulder.

Compounds

With present participles, forming adjectives in which coquettish expresses the complement of the underlying verb, as in coquettish-looking, coquettish-sounding, etc.

ΚΠ

1825 Eng. Life I. 122 This tricked out, half-naked, coquettish looking girl.

1996 Sunday Times 15 Dec. (Books section) 2/2 Marie is a more romantic, more coquettish-sounding name than plain Mary.

2017 @britishlibrary 6 June in twitter.com (accessed 23 Mar. 2021) We're now picturing cafés full of very coquettish-looking researchers.

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

单词	coquettish
释义	coquettishadj. Brit. /kɒˈkɛtɪʃ/, /kə(ʊ)ˈkɛtɪʃ/, U.S. /koʊˈkɛdɪʃ/ Forms: 1700s– coquetish, 1700s– coquettish. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: coquette n., -ish suffix¹. Etymology: < coquette n. + -ish suffix¹.With some instances of use with reference to the behaviour of men compare also coquet adj. and coquet n. (compare e.g. quot. 1792 at coquettishly adv.). Befitting or suggestive of a coquette or coquet; characterized by coquetry; playfully and insincerely flirtatious. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > flirtation or coquetry > [adjective] > like or of the nature of a coquette coquette1682 coquet1688 coquettish1689 vampish1922 vampy1949 1689 R. Gould Poems 49 Fine, not coquetish, as if too much care Were us'd in dressing. 1702 Eng. Theophrastus 29 A Coquetish Humour is an Irregularity, or Debauchery of the Mind. 1792 tr. J.-J. Rousseau in M. Wollstonecraft Vindic. Rights Woman v. 195 Her dress is extremely modest in appearance, and yet very coquettish in fact. 1845 Ld. Campbell Lives Chancellors III. xcv. 445 He then paid court to a coquettish young widow. 1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede I. i. vii. 151 Hetty tossed and patted her pound of butter with quite a self-possessed, coquettish air. 1976 Times 23 Nov. 11/7 A sardonic intruder..whose every line from his coquettish opening request for a kiss violates the domestic picture. 2016 MailOnline (Nexis) 13 Dec. The model casts a coquettish glance over one shoulder. Compounds With present participles, forming adjectives in which coquettish expresses the complement of the underlying verb, as in coquettish-looking, coquettish-sounding, etc. ΚΠ 1825 Eng. Life I. 122 This tricked out, half-naked, coquettish looking girl. 1996 Sunday Times 15 Dec. (Books section) 2/2 Marie is a more romantic, more coquettish-sounding name than plain Mary. 2017 @britishlibrary 6 June in twitter.com (accessed 23 Mar. 2021) We're now picturing cafés full of very coquettish-looking researchers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021). < adj.1689
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