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Definition of Ingénue

1. Noun. An actress who specializes in playing the role of an artless innocent young girl.

2. Noun. An artless innocent young girl (especially as portrayed on the stage).

3. Noun. The role of an innocent artless young woman in a play.

Definition of Ingénue

1. Noun. An innocent, unsophisticated, naïve, wholesome girl or young woman. ¹

2. Noun. A dramatic role of such a woman; an actress playing such a role. ¹

3. Noun. (alternative spelling of ingenue) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ingénue

1. a naive young woman [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ingénue

ingenerable ingenerably ingenerate ingeneration ingeners ingeniate ingeniosity ingenious ingeniously ingeniousness

ingeniousnesses ingenite ingenium ingeniums ingenu ingenue ingenues ingenui ingenuine ingenuities

ingenuitive ingenuitous ingenuity ingenuous ingenuously ingenuousness ingenuousnesses ingenus ingeny ingerminate

Literary usage of Ingénue

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Art of Playwriting: Being a Practical Treatise on the Elements of by Alfred Hennequin (1890)
"The characteristics of the ingenue are youth, simplicity, and artless innocence, ... The ingenue may have, and generally does have, opportunities for strong ..."

2. The Harvard Lampoon (1889)
"Miss INGENUE.—That's because you will wear that unbecoming, heavy, ... Miss INGENUE (getting back at him). — On the whole, I don't care to go to Beck for a ..."

3. Reminiscences by Matilda Betham-Edwards (1898)
"EUGENIE AND HER THURSDAYS—A WOULD-BE "INGENUE" 1N WHITE MUSLIN—THE SENTIMENTAL TRIO—PARIS UNDER THE EMPIRE—PARISIAN LIFE A LA BALZAC DURING the following ..."

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