ingenuous – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
ingenuous
adj.
innocent, naive, artless; honest, open, straight-forward, frank
Ingenue (stock character)
The
ingénue is a
stock character in
literature,
film, and a
role type in the
theatre; generally a girl or a young woman who is endearingly innocent and wholesome.
Ingénue may also refer to a new young actress or one
typecast in such roles. The term comes from the feminine form of the French adjective
ingénu meaning "ingenuous" or innocent, virtuous, and candid. The term may also imply a lack of sophistication and cunning.
ingenuous
Adjective
1. characterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not devious; "an ingenuous admission of responsibility"
(synonym) artless
(antonym) disingenuous, artful
(similar) candid, open, heart-to-heart
(see-also) naive, naif
2. lacking in sophistication or worldliness; "a child's innocent stare"; "his ingenuous explanation that he would not have burned the church if he had not thought the bishop was in it"
(synonym) innocent
(similar) naive, naif
ingenuous
Przym.
prostoduszny; naiwny
Ingenuous
(a.)
Of honorable extraction; freeborn; noble; as, ingenuous blood of birth.
(a.)
Noble; generous; magnanimous; honorable; upright; high-minded; as, an ingenuous ardor or zeal.
(a.)
Ingenious.
(a.)
Free from reserve, disguise, equivocation, or dissimulation; open; frank; as, an ingenuous man; an ingenuous declaration, confession, etc.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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