ingenue

  • 1Ingenue — Ingénue Étude de Bouguereau : Offrande à l Amour L ingénue est un archétype de la jeune fille dont une des incarnations modernes, quoiqu un peu différente, est la Lolita de …

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  • 2ingénue — ● ingénue nom féminin Au théâtre, emploi de jeune fille simple et naïve. ● ingénu, ingénue adjectif et nom (latin ingenuus, né de parents libres) Qui laisse voir librement et naïvement ses sentiments : Un pauvre garçon ingénu et sans malice. ●… …

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  • 3Ingenue — *Ingenue (stock character) is a stock character in literature, film and theatre. *Ingénue (album) is the second solo album by k.d. lang, released in 1992 …

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  • 4ingenue — 1848, from Fr. ingénue artless girl, especially on the stage, fem. of ingénu ingenuous, artless, simple (13c.), from L. ingenuus (see INGENUOUS (Cf. ingenuous)). Italicized in English into 20c …

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  • 5ingénue — or ingenue [an′zhə no͞o΄, än′zhə no͞o; an′jəno͞o] n. [Fr, fem. of ingénu < L ingenuus, INGENUOUS] 1. an innocent, inexperienced, unworldly young woman 2. Theater a) the role of such a character b) an actress playing such a role or roles …

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  • 6Ingénue — (franz., spr. ängschenū ), unschuldig naives Mädchen (besonders als Bühnenrolle: »Naive«) …

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  • 7Ingénue — (frz., spr. ängschenüh), unschuldig naives Mädchen (Theaterrolle) …

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  • 8ingenue — index child Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 9ingénue — meaning ‘an innocent or unsophisticated young woman’, is first recorded in English in Thackeray s Vanity Fair (1848). It is still usually printed in italics (sometimes without the accent) and pronounced in a French manner …

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  • 10ingénue — ► NOUN ▪ an innocent or unsophisticated young woman. ORIGIN French, from ingénu ingenuous …

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