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Employing the teeniest of ruffles, this West Elm sheet set features just a hint of twee detailing, almost like a playful coquette.
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Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 28 Feb. 2026
Similar to the coquette aesthetic, the babydoll silhouette leans romantic and retro, with an undercurrent that turns flirtatious once it’s shortened or cut to show a bit of skin.
—Malia Griggs, Glamour, 20 Dec. 2025
The Mini Bailey Bow Boot features a satin bow at the back, adding subtle coquette style to the classic Ugg boot silhouette.
—Caroline Hughes, Travel + Leisure, 27 Nov. 2025
In Riviera Romance, feminine silhouettes and prints were more elevated compared to last spring’s coquette styling.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 31 Oct. 2025
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Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 28 Feb. 2026
Similar to the coquette aesthetic, the babydoll silhouette leans romantic and retro, with an undercurrent that turns flirtatious once it’s shortened or cut to show a bit of skin.
—Malia Griggs, Glamour, 20 Dec. 2025
The Mini Bailey Bow Boot features a satin bow at the back, adding subtle coquette style to the classic Ugg boot silhouette.
—Caroline Hughes, Travel + Leisure, 27 Nov. 2025
In Riviera Romance, feminine silhouettes and prints were more elevated compared to last spring’s coquette styling.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 31 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coquette
Noun
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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
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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
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The 400 square-metre basement ballroom, coloured in jade, can hold up to 350 people.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
20 May 2026
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Keep the cool-girl energy going with a pair of sporty shades from The Row and Completedworks’s jade-green beaded necklace.—
Laura Jackson,
Vogue,
11 May 2026
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“Coquette.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coquette. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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