noun, plural co·quet·ries.
- the behavior or arts of a coquette; flirtation.
- dalliance; trifling.
noun plural -ries
- flirtation
1650s, from French coquetterie, from coqueter (v.), from coquet (see coquet).
Coquetry whets the appetite; flirtation depraves it …. [Donald Grant Mitchell (1822-1908)]