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Meanings of coquet in English

Catalan
flirtar

Talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions.

flirtar
Usage of coquet in English
1
Even to the end she would deck herself and coquet to her glass.
At a Winter's Fire
2
Without any need of self-restraint, no wish to coquet ever entered her head.
War and Peace
3
What think you, Mr Walpole, of our two coquet Irish beauties?
"The Ladies": A Shining Constellation of Wit and Beauty
4
We have no such character here as a coquet, but alas!
Selected English Letters (XV-XIX Centuries)
5
What you want is a chance to coquet with him.
Out of the Primitive
6
But with their intention she did not coquet; as to that she was in earnest.
A Chair on the Boulevard
7
For the latter purpose she would coquet first with one party, then with the other.
The House of the Wolf: A Romance
8
He played some, but to pass away the time rather than to coquet with fortune.
The Man on the Box
9
Give me your lips, child, and coquet no more.
"The Ladies": A Shining Constellation of Wit and Beauty
10
No, I will not coquet with you, Weeliam.
Rezanov
11
She laugh and make the mock at him, and play coquet with the others before his face.
Roger Ingleton, Minor
12
I didn't think you had it in you to coquet, but it seems all women are alike.
The Man of the Desert
13
I now think you are more than half a coquet, and I like you for your roguery.
Liber Amoris, Or, The New Pygmalion
14
He would have preferred to coquet with the enemy for a while from the safety of his saddle.
Stella Fregelius: A Tale of Three Destinies
15
The audacious little imp of an idea peeped around corners in Katie's consciousness and tried to coquet with her.
The Visioning: A Novel
16
When he had moved away to the depth of the gallery, the priestess began to coquet with the Harran man.
The Pharaoh and the Priest: An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt
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Coquet through the time