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INGENUE
ingenue
(noun) the role of an innocent artless young woman in a play
ingenue
(noun) an artless innocent young girl (especially as portrayed on the stage)
ingenue
(noun) an actress who specializes in playing the role of an artless innocent young girl
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
ingenue (plural ingenues)
An innocent, unsophisticated, naïve, wholesome girl or young woman.
(theatre, film) A dramatic role of such a woman; an actress playing such a role.
Hypernym: stock character
Coordinate terms: girl next door, femme fatale, damsel in distress
(rare) Misspelling of ingenu.
Usage notes
The corresponding masculine term, ingenu, is poorly known, and so the feminine term is sometimes used in a gender-neutral or masculine way. (See the 2002 citation, where the explicit masculine French is feminized in English.)
Anagrams
• Guienne, eugenin, genuine, unigene
Source: Wiktionary
In`gé`nue" (aN`zhay`nus"), n.; pl. -nues (#). [F., fem. of ingénu ingenious.]
Definition: An ingenuous or naïve girl or young woman, or an actress representing such a person.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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