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coquet

co·quet

UK/ˈkɒk.ɛt/ uncommon obsolete

verb

1.

talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions

  • “The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries”
  • “My husband never flirts with other women”
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Origin

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

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