ingenu
ingenu · ingenus
An innocent, unsophisticated, naive, wholesome boy or young manAn innocent, unsophisticated, naive, wholesome boy or young man.
Meaning
1 senses(rare)An innocent, unsophisticated, naive, wholesome boy or young man.
Origin
Borrowed from French ingénu (“guileless”), especially as used by Voltaire in L'Ingénu, froBorrowed from French ingénu (“guileless”), especially as used by Voltaire in L'Ingénu, from Latin ingenuus (“ingenuous”). Doublet of ingenuous.
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