ingénue
noun
an artless, innocent, unworldly girl or young woman.
ingénues
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pluralof ingénue.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Instead, the ingénues were cast in lead roles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2025
And in “Als mir dein Lied erklang,” she was superb, singing with the combination of purity and humanity that characterizes the best Strauss ingénues.
From New York Times ● Feb. 18, 2022
“She’s one of the great ingénues, but she’s fiery, she’s different, she’s got a past.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2019
Sitting next to a casting director as a line of secondary ingénues streamed past, Dan said, “I vote for her,” and she got the part.
From Golf Digest ● Mar. 8, 2019
She stood before the screen, certain she could practically smell the restaurant, the heavy perfumes of a room full of divas and ingénues.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
