ingénue

A form of ingenue — An innocent, unsophisticated, naïve, wholesome girl or young woman.

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Meanings

nouningénue (plural ingénues)

plural ingénues

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of ingenue.

    Wow. The consensual molestation of an ingénue by means of surveillance and recording equipment. How would Foucault have read this?

    2009 July 15, Virginia Heffernan, “Bibliovision”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
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APA

ingénue. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ing%C3%A9nue

MLA

“ingénue.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ing%C3%A9nue. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ingénue,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ing%C3%A9nue.

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