| 单词 | male coquette |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmale coquette b. A person of either gender who is given to flirting or coquetry. Chiefly with modifying word specifying the gender of the person, as in male coquette. Cf. male adj. and n.1 Compounds 1a. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > flirtation or coquetry > [noun] > flirt toyer1577 encounterer1609 philander1676 coquette1710 flirter1814 the mind > emotion > love > flirtation or coquetry > [noun] > flirt > male flirt spider-caul1631 rover1638 coquet1691 male coquette1710 flirta1732 1710 J. Addison Tatler No. 243. 1/2 I left the Apartment of this Female Rake, and went into her Neighbours, where there lay a Male-Coquet. a1768 L. Sterne Lett. (1775) iii. 13 The Female Coquette triumphs in tormenting her inamorato, for fear, after marriage, he should not pity her. 1839 Yankee Farmer 7 Dec. 392/1 A gentleman coquette of this city..was ‘paid off’ for a recent indulgence in his ‘unamiable weakness’ in a way which should serve as a caution to all other male triflers with the fair sex. 1894 E. Sullivan Woman 15 But are not men flirts also?.. Are not men coquets? 1923 B. Ruck Sir or Madam xi. 138 Here, surely, was the opening for, say, expostulations to start with. An excellent opening. The baffling boy-coquette did not take it! 2006 Salon.com (Nexis) 25 May Prince, who somehow manages to play the role of a funky, middle-aged male coquette, showed up late in the telecast. < as lemmas |
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