flirtationn.

Brit.

/fləːˈteɪʃn/, U.S.

/flərˈteɪʃən/

Etymology: < flirt v. + -ation suffix.

†1. ‘A quick, sprightly motion. A cant word among women’ (Johnson); in quot. 1716 attributive. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > sudden movement > [noun] > jerking > a jerk > specifically of the body

flounce1582

jut1709

flirtation1716

1716 A. Pope Corr. (1956) I. 382 A muslin flounce, made very full, would give one a very agreeable Flirtation-air.

a. The action or behaviour of a flirt; †flighty or giddy behaviour, frivolity; the action of playing at courtship.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > flirtation or coquetry > [noun]

dalliancec1385

mirding1614

coquetry1656

gallanting1664

coquetting1690

flirting1710

flirtation1718

philandering1737

agacerie1787

carryings-on1909

vamping1918

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [noun] > capriciousness

giddinessa1290

lightnessc1384

gerishnessa1513

fantasticnessc1550

unstaidnessa1557

fantasticalness1583

triflingnessa1586

spleen1598

capriciousness1607

skittishness1607

humorousness1611

wavinga1628

volageness1633

arbitrariness1643

garishness1649

legerity1652

mercury1653

volatility1655

caprich1656

humoursomeness1662

hoity-toity1668

jollity1670

unaccountableness1676

freak1678

whimsya1680

featheriness1689

toysomeness1697

caprice1711

whimsicalness1715

flirtation1718

whima1721

flightiness1747

whimsicality1761

giggishness1781

fancifulness1818

hoity-toityness1820

whifflery1835

crotchetiness1837

quirkiness1870

faddishness1884

faddism1885

vagarity1886

erraticism1889

whimsiness1909

1718 C. Cibber Non-juror ii. 20 You know I always lov'd a little Flirtation.

1746 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) II. 418 The sobriety of my own dwelling is much pleasanter to me than all the flirtations of the world.

1814 J. Austen Mansfield Park I. xvii. 335 Becoming soon too busy with his play to have time for more than one flirtation .

1876 W. Besant & J. Rice Golden Butterfly I. vi. 107 The great art of flirtation.

b. transferred and figurative.

ΚΠ

1792 Dk. Leeds Polit. Mem. (1884) 202 The flirtations were seriously renewed between Mr. Pitt and Ld. Loughborough.

1819 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto I ccv. 105 Thou shalt not..Commit—flirtation with the muse of Moore.

Derivatives

flirˈtational adj. pertaining to flirtation.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > flirtation or coquetry > [adjective]

flirtational1862

flirtatious1870

1862 Sat. Rev. 13 327/2 The flirtational element and its kindred infinitesimal phases.

flirˈtationless adj. devoid of flirtation; having no opportunity of flirting.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > flirtation or coquetry > [adjective] > given to flirtation > devoid of flirtation

flirtationless1880

1880 ‘Ouida’ Moths I. vi. 182 Flirtationless, unenvied, unregarded.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	flirtation
释义	flirtationn. Brit. /fləːˈteɪʃn/, U.S. /flərˈteɪʃən/ Etymology: < flirt v. + -ation suffix. †1. ‘A quick, sprightly motion. A cant word among women’ (Johnson); in quot. 1716 attributive. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > sudden movement > [noun] > jerking > a jerk > specifically of the body flounce1582 jut1709 flirtation1716 1716 A. Pope Corr. (1956) I. 382 A muslin flounce, made very full, would give one a very agreeable Flirtation-air. 2. a. The action or behaviour of a flirt; †flighty or giddy behaviour, frivolity; the action of playing at courtship. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > flirtation or coquetry > [noun] dalliancec1385 mirding1614 coquetry1656 gallanting1664 coquetting1690 flirting1710 flirtation1718 philandering1737 agacerie1787 carryings-on1909 vamping1918 the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [noun] > capriciousness giddinessa1290 lightnessc1384 gerishnessa1513 fantasticnessc1550 unstaidnessa1557 fantasticalness1583 triflingnessa1586 spleen1598 capriciousness1607 skittishness1607 humorousness1611 wavinga1628 volageness1633 arbitrariness1643 garishness1649 legerity1652 mercury1653 volatility1655 caprich1656 humoursomeness1662 hoity-toity1668 jollity1670 unaccountableness1676 freak1678 whimsya1680 featheriness1689 toysomeness1697 caprice1711 whimsicalness1715 flirtation1718 whima1721 flightiness1747 whimsicality1761 giggishness1781 fancifulness1818 hoity-toityness1820 whifflery1835 crotchetiness1837 quirkiness1870 faddishness1884 faddism1885 vagarity1886 erraticism1889 whimsiness1909 1718 C. Cibber Non-juror ii. 20 You know I always lov'd a little Flirtation. 1746 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) II. 418 The sobriety of my own dwelling is much pleasanter to me than all the flirtations of the world. 1814 J. Austen Mansfield Park I. xvii. 335 Becoming soon too busy with his play to have time for more than one flirtation . View more context for this quotation 1876 W. Besant & J. Rice Golden Butterfly I. vi. 107 The great art of flirtation. b. transferred and figurative. ΚΠ 1792 Dk. Leeds Polit. Mem. (1884) 202 The flirtations were seriously renewed between Mr. Pitt and Ld. Loughborough. 1819 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto I ccv. 105 Thou shalt not..Commit—flirtation with the muse of Moore. Derivatives flirˈtational adj. pertaining to flirtation. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > flirtation or coquetry > [adjective] flirtational1862 flirtatious1870 1862 Sat. Rev. 13 327/2 The flirtational element and its kindred infinitesimal phases. flirˈtationless adj. devoid of flirtation; having no opportunity of flirting. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > flirtation or coquetry > [adjective] > given to flirtation > devoid of flirtation flirtationless1880 1880 ‘Ouida’ Moths I. vi. 182 Flirtationless, unenvied, unregarded. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1716
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