coquettish

English

Etymology

From coquette +‎ -ish.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

coquettish (comparative more coquettish, superlative most coquettish)

1. Of or relating to a young, flirtatious girl.
2. Characteristic of a coquet.
   • 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:

     `Is there that about me that should affright a man? Then surely are men changed from what they used to be!' And with a little coquettish movement she turned herself, and held up one arm, so as to show all her loveliness and the rich hair of raven blackness that streamed in soft ripples down her snowy robes, almost to her sandalled feet.

Synonyms

• flirtatious

Antonyms

• uncoquettish

Derived terms

• coquettishly
• coquettishness

Translations

as a young, flirting girl; flirtatious

• Burmese: နန့် (my) (nan.)
• Dutch: koket (nl), behaagziek (nl), flirterig (nl)
• Esperanto: koketa
• Finnish: keimaileva (fi)
• French: coquette (fr)
• German: kokett (de), gefallsüchtig
• Hungarian: kacér (hu), kokett (hu)
• Italian: civettuolo (it)
• Kapampangan: magayut, malantung, malarit
• Norwegian: kokett
• Persian: لوند (fa) (lavand)
• Portuguese: coquete (pt)
• Russian: коке́тливый (ru) (kokétlivyj), игри́вый (ru) (igrívyj)
• Spanish: coqueto (es)
• Swedish: kokett (sv)
• Tagalog: malandi, malantong, hitad, kiri