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gingette

gingette noun: a female with reddish-brown hair.

Noun

gingette (plural gingettes)

  1. (colloquial, derogatory, often) A female with reddish-brown hair.
    • An Israeli sabre meets an Irish colleen redhead; 'Gingette' sparks do fly, resulting in a marriage made in heaven for Victor and Adrienne Elalouf.2010, Brief Encounters, page 339
    Synonyms:
    redette

Synonyms of gingette

Forms of gingette

pluralgingettes

Origin of gingette

From ging(er) (“red-haired person”) + -ette (suffix forming female equivalents). Compare ging and -ette (“a person, especially a woman, with the specified hair color”).

Questions about gingette

What does gingette mean?
Gingette means a female with reddish-brown hair.
What part of speech is gingette?
Gingette is a noun.
What is the plural of gingette?
The plural of gingette is gingettes.

Words near gingette in the dictionary

  1. gingertinis
  2. gingervitis
  3. gingerwork
  4. gingery
  5. ginges
  6. gingette
  7. gingettes
  8. gingham
  9. ginghamed
  10. ginghammed
  11. ginghams

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