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

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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

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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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