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English

Adjective

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flirtatious (comparative more flirtatious, superlative most flirtatious)

• Of or pertaining to flirtation.
  • ✤ It as not for him to stroll past the groups of watchful girls, blowing a flute made of an eagle’s wing bone, as the flirtatious young bucks did.¹
  • ✤ Yes yes, forgive a young woman her flirtatious pleasantries.²
  • ✤ * flirtatious behaviour*
  • ✤ * flirtatious smile*
• (of a person) Having a tendency to flirt often.
  • ✤ * flirtatious man*

Etymology

From flirtation + -ous.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /flɚˈteɪʃəs/
• Audio (Southern England): 🔊
• Rhymes: -eɪʃəs

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Footnotes

1. 1950, Dorothy M. Johnson, A Man Called Horse; in Indian Country, London: Corgi, 1961, page 177: ↩

2. 2013, Kazerad, Gaius: Fail to tremble with fear, in: Prequel -or- Making a Cat Cry: The Adventure (webcomic), March 08 2013 ↩