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Webster 1913 Edition
Coquette
Co-quette′
,Noun.
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.
(Zool.)
A tropical humming bird of the genus
Lophornis
, with very elegant neck plumes. Several species are known. See Illustration under Spangle
, Verb.
T.
Webster 1828 Edition
Coquette
COQUET
, COQUETTE,Noun.
The light coquettes in sylphs aloft repair, and sport and flutter in the fields of air.
Note. In French, coquet is masculine and coquette feminine; but as our language has no such termination for gender, it may be better to write coquet for both sexes, and for distinction prefix male to the word when applied to a man.