coquetry

Etymology

From French coquetterie.

noun

  1. Coquettish behaviour; actions designed to excite erotic attention, without intending to reciprocate such feelings (chiefly of women towards men); flirtatious teasing.
  2. (countable) An act constituting such behaviour; an affectation of amorous interest or enticement, especially of a woman directed towards a man.
    The little coquetries, which are as natural to a gay young girl as her laughter, were all in full play, and had she gone no further no harm would have been done. 1882, Louisa M. Alcott, Kitty's Class Day And Other Stories
    The mischievous pleasure of her coquetries was forgotten, and in a rush of glad confidence she felt a woman's pride in him. 1910, Geraldine Bonner, The Emigrant Trail
    "Her pretty little coquetries are like the gambols of a kitten. 1913, Carolyn Wells, Patty's Social Season

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