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Ingenue   /ɪndʒˈɛnju/  /ˈɑndʒənˌu/  /ɪndʒˈɛnu/  /ˈɪndʒənu/   Listen
Ingenue

noun
(pl. ingenues)
1.
An actress who specializes in playing the role of an artless innocent young girl.
2.
An artless innocent young girl (especially as portrayed on the stage).
3.
The role of an innocent artless young woman in a play.





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"Ingenue" Quotes from Famous Books



... the ingenue who hung together like twin cherries on one stalk, bathed in soft dews of tenderness, until Bassett praised the one and not the other, and the leading lady called the ingenue 'Chit' and the ingenue retorted 'Wrinkles!' And the reconciliation at the champagne supper which Darco gave when Bassett went away, when the tears they shed must have ...
— Despair's Last Journey • David Christie Murray


Words linked to "Ingenue" :   histrion, theatrical role, role, role player, juvenile person, persona, actor, player, thespian, part, juvenile, character


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