coquetry UK /ˈkɒkɪtɹi/US /ˈkoʊkətɹi/ noun2 •Coquettish behaviour; actions designed to excite erotic attention, without intending to reciprocate such feelings (chiefly of women towards men); flirtatious teasing. •An act constituting such behaviour; an affectation of amorous interest or enticement, especially of a woman directed towards a man.The little coquetries, which are as natural to a gay young girl as her laughter, were all in full play, and had she gone no further no harm would have been done. — 1882 formscoquetries