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gaminerie

gaminerie noun: impishness.

Noun

gaminerie (countable and uncountable, plural gamineries)

  1. impishness
    • When she had entered his employment a few days before, he had noticed, of course, that she had a sort of ethereal beauty; but then every girl you see in Hollywood has either ethereal beauty or roguish gaminerie or a dark, slumbrous face that hints at hidden passion.1935, P. G. Wodehouse, 'Blandings Castle', Herbert Jenkins, 1957, page 179.

Forms of gaminerie

pluralgamineries

Origin of gaminerie

Borrowed from French gaminerie. See gamin.

Questions about gaminerie

What does gaminerie mean?
Gaminerie means impishness.
What part of speech is gaminerie?
Gaminerie is a noun.
What is the plural of gaminerie?
The plural of gaminerie is gamineries.

Words near gaminerie in the dictionary

  1. Gamilaraay
  2. Gamilaroi
  3. gamily
  4. gamin
  5. gamine
  6. gaminerie
  7. gamineries
  8. gamines
  9. gaminesque
  10. gaminess
  11. gaming

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