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English
Etymology
Borrowed from French agacerie.
Noun
agacerie (countable and uncountable, plural agaceries)
- Coquetry; flirtatiousness.
1824, Byron, Don Juan:The Duchess of Fitz-Fulke, who loved "tracasserie," Began to treat him with some small "agacerie."
1833, Frances Milton Trollope, The abbess: a romance - Volume 2, page 122:How can any man be well," replied the Count, holding his hand in such a position, as to make the performance of this little agacerie as difficult as possible ; " how can any man be well, overwhelmed by sorrow and disgrace as I am?
1861, Martha Walker Freer, History of the reign of Henry IV, King of France and Navarre, page 59:She was merry, witty, and even learned; and her manners were enticing and full of agacerie.
Anagrams
French
Etymology
From agacer + -erie.
Pronunciation
Noun
agacerie f (plural agaceries)
- (chiefly in the plural) teasing
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