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coquetry
noun
[ ˈkɒkɪtri ]
• flirtatious behaviour.
• "‘I like the way you laugh,’ he said without coquetry"
Origin:
mid 17th century: from French coquetterie, from coqueter ‘to flirt’, from coquet ‘wanton’ (see coquette).