ingénue

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  1. noun A naive, innocent girl or young woman.
  2. noun The role of an ingénue in a dramatic production.
  3. noun An actress playing such a role.

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  • Who was this lovely ingénue who adored the works of Baudelaire and Jane Austen, who was sexually curious beyond her years, who traveled to Rome, Paris, and London? —  Netvouz - new bookmarks
  • Written by French action auteur Luc Besson and Robert Mark Kamen, the ingénue behind the —  Filmcritic.com Movie Reviews
  • The young Lee remick was superb as the obsessed ingénue, a small put important role that came across as a composite of what would have been a parade of jailbait wives.
  • Plus it's a good chance to see a lot of rising starlet Rachel McAdams, who played the ingénue in Season 1 of "Slings."
  • Burke captures all the verve and energy of Miller's life: from her early childhood trauma to her stint as a Vogue model and art-world ingénue, from her harrowing years as a war correspondent to her unconventional marriages and passion for gourmet cooking. —  The Chicago Blog
 

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  1. French, feminine of ingénu, guileless, from Latin ingenuus, ingenuous; see ingenuous.

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  1. French, feminine of ingénu, from Latin ingenuus, ingenuous: see ingenuous.
 

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