gaminerie

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noun

impishness

OriginFrench gaminerie →
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Meanings

noungaminerie (countable and uncountable, plural gamineries)

plural gamineries

  1. countableuncountableimpishness
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    1935, P. G. Wodehouse, 'Blandings Castle', Herbert Jenkins, 1957, page 179. When she had entered his employment a few days before, he had noticed, of course, that she had a sort of ethereal beauty; but then every girl you see in Hollywood has either ethereal beauty or roguish gaminerie or a dark, slumbrous face that hints at hidden passion.

Origin

  1. Frenchgaminerie
  2. Englishgaminerie

Borrowed from French gaminerie. See gamin.

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APA

gaminerie. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gaminerie

MLA

“gaminerie.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gaminerie. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gaminerie,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gaminerie.

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