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coˈquettishness
[f. coquettish a. + -ness.]
The quality of being coquettish.
1872Hardy Under Greenw. Tree I. i. vii. 96 Her dark eyes..showed primarily a bright sparkle each. This was softened by a frequent thoughtfulness, yet not so frequent as to do away..with a certain coquettishness. 1928E. O'Neill Strange Interlude ix. 341 With a girlish coquettishness and embarrassment—making way for him on the bench—strangely. 1981A. N. Wilson Who was Oswald Fish? ii. 24 There was a trace of her old coquettishness in the way she spoke as though for 2 pins she would have removed a glove and reached up to stroke the thick growth on my cheeks. |