agacerie

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French agacerie.

Noun

agacerie (countable and uncountable, plural agaceries)

1. 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

• acierage

French

Etymology

From agacer +‎ -erie.

Pronunciation

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Noun

agacerie f (plural agaceries)

1. (chiefly in the plural) teasing

Further reading

• “agacerie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.