coquette

as in soubrette

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Recent Examples of coquette The coquette trend is here to stay, according to Taylor Swift. Hannah Malach, WWD, 3 Sep. 2019 Her black high-neck shrug and wide-leg pants complete what feels like an elegant, subtly goth look with a coquette twist. Marci Robin, Allure, 27 Dec. 2024 If coquette ribbons aren’t your speed, consider a bejeweled headband instead. Kiana Murden, Vogue, 25 Dec. 2024 Venus is the planet of love and beauty, and as of Dec. 7, the cosmic coquette is cruising through the eccentric and rebellious sign of Aquarius, glimmering and brilliant like a dazzling supernova. Valerie Mesa, People.com, 8 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for coquette
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Noun
  • She is gifted with a lovely color of a lyric soprano suitable for roles in the spectrum from a lyric, lyric coloratura to a soubrette.
    Heide Janssen, Orange County Register, 16 Mar. 2025
  • Not only did diners want to enjoy her singing in the cabaret, no doubt many could not resist coming to see for themselves the soubrette who had inspired such fury in the late George VI.
    Olivia Williams, Town & Country, 1 June 2021
Noun
  • The jade is naturally cool to the touch, soothing from the get-go, and the rounded shape lends to relaxing, circular massaging.
    Allure, Allure, 14 Apr. 2025
  • The sentiment, written by Esther Simplot, is etched into a slab of green Hells Canyon jade at the entrance to the park’s Friendship Island.
    Dana Oland, Idaho Statesman, 1 Apr. 2025

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“Coquette.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coquette. Accessed 4 May. 2025.

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