Flirtatiousness

Flirtatiousness

See also Seduction.

Boop, Betty

comic strip character who flirts to win over boys. [Comics: Horn, 110]

can-can

boisterous and indecorous French dance designed to arouse audiences. [Fr. Hist.: Scholes, 151]

Célimène

unabashed coquette wooed by Alceste. [Fr. Lit.: The Misanthrope]

Columbine

light-hearted, flirtatious girl. [Ital. Lit.: Walsh Classical, 83]

dandelion

traditional symbol of flirtation. [Flower Symbolism: Jobes, 413]

daylily

traditional symbol of flirtation. [Flower Symbolism: Flora Symbolica, 175]

fan

symbol of coquetry. [Folklore: Jobes, 370]

Frasquita

woman character chiefly remembered for her flirtatiousness toward old Don Eugenio. [Ger. Opera: Wolf, The Magistrate, Westerman, 262]

Habanera

Carmen’s “love is a wild bird” provokes hearers. [Fr. Opera: Bizet, Carmen, Westerman, 189–190]

Jiménez, Pepita

young widow coquettishly distracts seminarian; love unfolds. [Span. Lit.: Pepita Jiménez]

Julie, Miss

young gentlewoman high-handedly engages servant’s love. [Swed. Lit.: Miss Julie in Plays by August Strindberg]

Musetta

leads on Alcindoro while pursuing Marcello. [Ital. Opera: Puccini, La Bohème, Westerman, 349]

O’Hara

Scarlett hot-tempered heroine-coquette who wooed Southern Gentlemen. [Am. Lit.: Gone With The Wind]

Varden, Dolly

Watteau-style colorful costume: broad-brimmed hat and dress with deep cleavage; honors Dickens character. [Br. Costume: Misc.; Br. Lit.: Barnaby Rudge, Espy, 272]

West, Mae

(1892–1980) actress personified as a vamp; known for her famous line, “Come up and see me some time.” [Am. Cinema: Halliwell, 759]