COQUETTE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does coquette mean? 

• COQUETTE (noun)
  The noun COQUETTE has 1 sense:

1. a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men

  Familiarity information: COQUETTE used as a noun is very rare.

• COQUETTE (verb)
  The verb COQUETTE has 1 sense:

1. talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions

  Familiarity information: COQUETTE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COQUETTE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

coquette; flirt; minx; prickteaser; tease; vamp; vamper

Hypernyms ("coquette" is a kind of...):

adult female; woman (an adult female person (as opposed to a man))

Derivation:

coquette (talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions)

• COQUETTE (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

butterfly; chat up; coquet; coquette; dally; flirt; mash; philander; romance

Context example:

My husband never flirts with other women

Hypernyms (to "coquette" is one way to...):

speak; talk (exchange thoughts; talk with)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "coquette"):

wanton (engage in amorous play)

vamp (act seductively with (someone))

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

coquette (a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men)

 Context examples 

She is a vain coquette, and her tricks have not answered.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)