Definitions for gamines

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gamines gam·ine

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

IPA: /ˈgæm in, -ɪn, gæˈmin/

Gamines is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 258 anagrams from letters in gamines (aegimns).

Definitions for gamines

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 gamines

1895-1900; French; feminine of gamin

Examples for gamines

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

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

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

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