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COQUET (pronounced co-kette) , to simulate the arts of love-making, generally from motives of personal vanity, to flirt; in a figurative sense, to. trifle or dilly-dally with anything. The word is derived from the French eoqueter, which originally means, "to strut about like a cock
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French substantive coquet , in the sense of "beau" or " lady -killer," was formerly commonly used in English
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coquet ," the original
idea , of any superficial qualities of attraction in persons or things. " Coquet " is still also occasionally used adjectivally, but the more usual form is " coquettish "; e.g. we speak of a "coquettish manner;" or a "coquettish hat." The crested humming-birds of the genus Lophornis are known as coquettes (Fr. coquets).End of Article: COQUET (pronounced co-kette) If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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