coquet

Etymology

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

noun

  1. A flirtatious female; a coquette.
  2. (obsolete) 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.
    November 26, 1725, Jonathan Swift, letter to Alexander Pope You [are] coquetting a maid of honour.

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