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ingénue

ingénue is the alternative spelling of ingenue.

Meaning of ingenue

Noun

ingenue (plural ingenues)

  1. An innocent, unsophisticated, naïve, wholesome girl or young woman.
    • Near-synonym: girl next door
    Synonyms:
    girl next door
  2. A dramatic role of such a woman; an actress playing such a role.
    • The intelligent and talented blonde who was fluent in English, French and Spanish was interested in art and joined a local theater group to work on set designs but wound up on stage playing an ingenue in Liliom and was spotted by director Vincente Minnelli.2012, Thomas Lisanti, Hollywood Surf and Beach Movies: The First Wave, 1959-1969, McFarland, →ISBN, page 396

Forms of ingénue

pluralingénues

Questions about ingénue

What is ingénue the alternative spelling of?
Ingénue is the alternative spelling of ingenue.

Words near ingénue in the dictionary

  1. Ingushetian
  2. Ingushetians
  3. ingustable
  4. Ingvaeonic
  5. ingénu
  6. ingénue
  7. ingénues
  8. ingénus
  9. INH
  10. inhab.
  11. inhabile

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