Hypertext Webster Gateway: "coquette"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Coquette \Co*quette"\, n. [F., fr. coquet, coquette, coquettish,
orig., cocklike, strutting like a cock, fr. coq a cock. Cf.
{Cock}, {Cocket}, {Cocky}, {Cockade}.]
1. A vain, trifling woman, who endeavors to attract
admiration from a desire to gratify vanity; a flirt; --
formerly sometimes applied also to men.
2. (Zo["o]l.) A tropical humming bird of the genus
{Lophornis}, with very elegant neck plumes. Several
species are known. See Illustration under {Spangle}, v. t.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
coquette
n : a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men
[syn: {flirt}, {vamp}, {vamper}, {minx}, {tease}, {prickteaser}]
v : talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions; "The
guys always try to chat up the new secretaries"; "My
husband never flirts with other women" [syn: {chat up}, {flirt},
{dally}, {butterfly}, {coquet}, {romance}, {philander},
{mash}]
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