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Added 9 October 2026

coquet

/ˈkɒk.ɛt/ verb

verb Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about coquet at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions.
The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries

Origin

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

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