Definitions for gamine

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gamine gam·ine

Spelling: [gam-een, -in, ga-meen]

IPA: /ˈgæm in, -ɪn, gæˈmin/

Gamine is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 123 anagrams from letters in gamine (aegimn).

Definitions for gamine

noun

1. a neglected girl who is left to run about the streets.
2. a diminutive or very slender girl, especially one who is pert, impudent, or playfully mischievous.

adjective

1. of or like a gamine:

Origin of gamine

1895-1900; French; feminine of gamin

Examples for gamine

At Givenchy, designer Riccardo Tisci has settled into a house once defined by the gamine aesthetic of Audrey Hepburn.

She pointed to Maksymenko, whose delicate, gamine features make her seem especially frail.

They are both posh, pretty, gamine English girls blessed with serious eyebrows and a taste for the high life.

He had not noticed it himself, but seemed to have eyes for nobody but Sidonie, a gamine.