coquetry

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Coquetry also occasionally manifests itself very early in life.

From The Sexual Life of the Child by Paul, Eden

Coquetry, an especially feminine attribute, is not in itself dependent on the sexual appetite; it is an indirect irradiation, purely psychical, and we shall speak of it later on.

From The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study by Forel, Auguste

Coquetry is no virtue; but most certainly it is not the wholesale corrupter some moralists would make it.

From Roland Cashel Volume II (of II) by Lever, Charles James

Coquetry was no part of Miss Alicia's equipment, but no woman likes to be utterly neglected on the care-taking side, or to be transformed ruthlessly into a man-companion whose well-being may be brusquely ignored.

From Empire Builders by Hambidge, Jay

Coquetry itself is a flattery that we are powerless to withstand.

From A Noble Name or D?nninghausen by Gl?mer, Claire Von