English Explanatory Dictionary

ingenu

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An innocent, unsophisticated, naive, wholesome boy or young man.

Word forms

ingenu ingenus ingénu

Etymology

Borrowed from French ingénu (“guileless”), especially as used by Voltaire in L'Ingénu, from Latin ingenuus (“ingenuous”). Doublet of ingenuous.

Antonyms

homme fatal
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