Definitions for ingenue

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ingenue in·gé·nue

Spelling: [an-zhuh-noo, -nyoo; French an-zhey- Ingenue is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 59 anagrams from letters in ingenue (eeginnu).

Definitions for ingenue

noun

1. the part of an artless, innocent, unworldly girl or young woman, especially as represented on the stage.
2. an actress who plays such a part or specializes in playing such parts.

Origin of ingenue

1840-50; French, feminine of ingénu Latin ingenuus native, inborn, etc.; see ingenuous

Examples for ingenue

She suggested an ingenue who had been suddenly sent on in the role of the Russian adventuress.

I was no longer "Diane," the ingenue whom she patronized as well as admired.

It was the part of an ingenue, which just suited Geraldine's youth and naivette.

There, seeking asylum from the greater heat of the wings he came upon the ingenue, indulging in the luxury of exhausted tears.

For thus did the starry happiness that glowed within the beatific bosom of the little "ingenue" make Arcady around her.

Usually, indeed, she is charming in what are called "ingenue" rles.

It was rumored that he and the ingenue—but there, I am not supposed to tell secrets.

Evidently she is cast for the 'ingenue' part in this little social drama!

The result is extravagantly and deliciously funny—Just the Book for an ingenue.

The result is extravagantly and deliciously funny–Just the Book for an ingenue.