gamine

American  

[gam-een, -in, ga-meen] / ˈgæm in, -ɪn, gæˈmin /

noun

1. a neglected girl who is left to run about the streets.

2. a diminutive or very slender girl, especially one who is pert, impudent, or playfully mischievous.

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adjective

1. of or like a gamine.

   a gamine personality; clothes for the gamine figure.

gamine British  

/ ˈɡæmiːn, ɡamin /

noun

1. 1. a slim and boyish girl or young woman; an elfish tomboy

   2. ( as modifier )

      a gamine style of haircut

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Etymology

Origin of gamine

1895–1900; < French; feminine of gamin

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Example Sentences

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gamine

Here, the riding jacket was a key theme, constructed in gleaming silken tweeds above gamine miniskirts and youthful skorts.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 24, 2023

The star is Georgina Pazcoguin, wearing a white shirt, black jeans and a pair of black point shoes, gamine wig pasted to her skull.

From New York Times ● Sep. 27, 2019

Nancy Travis, a gamine at 56, brings sparkle.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2018

She, along with Hubert de Givenchy, helped to define Audrey Hepburn’s eccentric gamine.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 28, 2018

Her hair was in a gamine cut, streaked blond in a salon and currently showing dark roots.

From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart

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