ingenue
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ingenue
- /ˈɑnʒənu/ US
- /ˌænʒeɪˈnjuː/ UK
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French ingénue, the feminine form of ingénu (“guileless”), originally from the Latin ingenuus (“ingenuous”).
noun ingenues · ingénue
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An innocent, unsophisticated, naïve, wholesome girl or young woman.
Near-synonym: girl next door
Similar: girl next door · Opposite: femme fatale, enchantress, man-eater, mantrap, seductress, she-wolf, siren, temptress, vamp, vixen, wolfess
- 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.
- Misspelling of ingenu Mr. Acheson's failure as Secretary of State ... has been an inability to understand people or to be understood by them.
Translations
Talk about this word "ingenue." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ingenue. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. ingenue. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ingenue "ingenue." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ingenue.Cite this
@misc{ingenue_2026,
title = {ingenue},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ingenue},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
