2. Noun. (plural of naïf) ¹
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Definition of Naifs
1. naif [n] - See also: naif
Lexicographical Neighbors of Naifs
Literary usage of Naifs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Britton: An English Translation and Notes by Francis Morgan Nichols (1901)
"There is another kind of naifs who are not naifs by ancient birth, ... N.
distinguishes between naifs, villains, and serfs in the following way : ' Naif is ..."
2. Britton by Francis Morgan Nichols (1865)
"I do not know any other between naifs, villains, and serfs in the fol- authority
for this last statement, which is in- lowing way: 'Naif is he that is come ..."
3. Errors in the Use of English by William Ballantyne Hodgson (1882)
"We must be very naive [naifs] to imagine that they sound our praises over ...
'1 knew very well that I could if I chose talk to such naive [naifs] people ..."
4. A Dissertation Upon the Distinctions in Society, and Ranks of the People by Samuel Heywood (1818)
"... but it may be doubted whether so much of it at least as respects nativi or
naifs, may not be applied to slaves; they were forbidden to depart from their ..."
5. Slips of Tongue and Pen by J H. Long (1889)
"Say, naifs men, naives women, naifs features, ie, make the adjectives agree in
gender and number with its noun taken as a foreign word. ..."
6. Literary Collector: A Monthly Magazine of Booklore and Bibliography edited by Annie (Dennis) Bursch, Frederick C. Bursch (1902)
"Louis Forest gives us an entertaining psychological study of the " naifs " of
... Two works of "naifs" are described, a drama and a romance, both in verse. ..."
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