English Explanatory Dictionary

coquet

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A flirtatious female; a coquette.
  2. A flirtatious male.
verb
  1. To act as a flirt or coquet.
  2. To waste time; to dally.
  3. To attempt to attract the notice, admiration, or love of; to treat with a show of tenderness or regard, with a view to deceive and disappoint; to lead on.
name
  1. A river in Northumberland, England, which flows into the North Sea at Amble; in full, the River Coquet.

Pronunciation

/ˈkɒk.ɛt/

Word forms

coquet coquets coquetting coquetted the Coquet

Etymology

Borrowed from French coquet (“little cockerel”), from coq (“cockerel”) + -et (“masculine diminutive suffix”).

Derived words

coquettish
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