a woman who flirts with men tries to gain the attention and admiration of men without sincere affection; a flirt
I like a woman who lays herself out a little more to please us … something of the coquette. A man likes a sort of challenge — George Eliot
a hummingbird of Central and S America with a prominent crest: genus Lophornis
coquetry /ʹkokətri/ noun
coquettish adj
coquettishly adv
coquettishness noun
[French coquette, fem of coquet wanton, dimin. of coq cock]