Ingenue

Word INGENUE
Character 7
Hyphenation N/A
Pronunciations /ˌænʒeɪˈnjuː/

Definitions and meanings of "Ingenue"

What do we mean by ingenue?

An innocent, unsophisticated, naïve, wholesome girl or young woman.

A dramatic role of such a woman; an actress playing such a role.

A stock character in opera, theater, and literature. She is a girl or young woman who is endearingly wholesome and innocent. Very similar to the girl next door. She is generally portrayed as sweet, gentle, virtuous, beautiful, demure, with the wide-eyed innocence of a child and she is very often naive. She is often the victim of the libertine, whom she may have mistaken for the hero. Often she still lives with her parents, owing to her youth and naivete. She is usually the foil for the dangerously seductive femme fatale. She is often involved in a romantic subplot, usually with the boy next door and the romance is typically innocent and chaste. The ingenue is typically played by a lyric soprano in opera and musicals. Urban Dictionary

A female character in drama or literature. She is a sweet, pretty, if somewhat naive, young woman. To our modern eyes, she's often seen as this meek little mouse. The ingenue is played by a light soprano in opera or musicals. Urban Dictionary

A particularly creative thing or person Urban Dictionary

1. Lacking in cunning, guile, or worldliness; artless. 2. Openly straightforward or frank; candid. See Synonyms at naive. 3. Obsolete Ingenious. Etymology Urban Dictionary

Black excellence, original, creativity, imagination, innovation, and inventive. Urban Dictionary

The creative effort stoners put into the development and construction of various smoking devices. Without Stoner Ingenuity we would not have apple pipes or gravity bongs. Urban Dictionary

When a self proclaimed redneck builds or does something ridiculous Urban Dictionary

Ingenuity is a helicopter that is in Mars collecting data and information about the planet from above. Part of the space agency's larger Perseverance mission, Ingenuity has been tasked with going on short flights to collect additional data to help the Perseverance rover chart its path across the planet. Ingenuity has officially flown for 102.4 minutes through its 57 flights, translating to roughly 13,130 meters traveled or just over eight miles. The helicopter has, by all measures, surpassed the expectations of researchers working on the mission. While Ingenuity has been collecting data from the air, Perseverance has been collecting soil samples on the ground. Urban Dictionary

The act of repairing something in any way possible, demonstrating the thinking of a black man. See: nigger-rig Urban Dictionary

Unique and unusual combinations of ordinary foods that delight and tantalize the olfactory and taste receptors. The term was coined in San Francisco, California. Urban Dictionary

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The word "ingenue" in example sentences

As always, the ingenue was a docile, saintly (with one slip) place-holder, but Elena Shaddow, who was the girl in The Light in the Piazza did her level best with her, and has a lovely, clear voice. ❋ Deliasherman (2010)

But you can bet they're wishing that their ingenue was a little less ripe and a lot more bashful: ❋ Unknown (2008)

Fifty years ago, that stage was the Met, the opera was Don Giovanni, and the ingenue was a 19-year-old soprano from the Bronx, Roberta Peters. ❋ ITY National Archives (1998)

For me, getting away from playing the ingenue is a tremendous relief, because they're so shallow and they have no texture or depth, no lines to their face, and as a result they can be rather bland. ❋ Unknown (2011)

All exquisite, pineapple pants included, but the Laker's hat "ingenue" gets the prize! ❋ Unknown (2008)

As with Gestalt psychology's famous figure of the vase that is also two faces in profile, or the "ingenue" who can turn into a "hag," the alternative reading lurks — and becomes startlingly obvious once the figure-ground system is reversed though a perceptual shift. ❋ Unknown (2006)

From several her lines, it's clear that in many ways she still sees herself as some kind of ingenue, even though she's in her early forties. ❋ Elizabeth Kerri Mahon (2007)

Only there will be a new 'ingenue' in Miss Malone's place. ❋ Booth Tarkington (1907)

Alice Eve, the kind of ingenue who makes your socks go up and down. ❋ < (2010)

With dimples like weapons, the star of "An Education" plays a stronger, wiser kind of ingenue Gillibrand Narrows Gap a Bit in Match-Up Against Pataki in New York ❋ Andrew Leonard (2010)

'ingenue' understudy tries to break the rules of his company! ❋ Booth Tarkington (1907)

I do sorta like her general screen charisma, but has she really been remotely relevant since her ingenue/lolita days? ❋ Unknown (2010)

One of the first stories I wrote as an adult, it was your typical ingenue-abroad, loss-of-innocence tale with a predictably idyllic setting, and I was hoping to sell it to Cosmopolitan magazine, where I was working as a copy editor. ❋ Unknown (2010)

She twinkles as elderly ingenue Jean Hardcastle in the sitcom "As Time Goes By." ❋ Unknown (2011)

When we finally sat opposite Doctor Who's Russell T. Davies at Comic Con, there was only one question we were burning to ask him: Why exactly is the blonde ingenue Rose Tyler the most special of all the Doctor's companions? ❋ Rabid1st (2009)

David Bailey was the first photographer to capitalise on this quality, taking an ingenue from Buckinghamshire to stardom almost as quickly as the click of a camera. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Japanese influence on Western fashion can be seen in a gorgeous pink bath kimono for the ingenue Yum-Yum, and sumptuous embroidered cloaks and turbans for the ferocious Katisha. ❋ Heidi Waleson (2011)

The ingenue includes the following characters: Joanna in Sweeney Todd Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz Giselle in Enchanted Pollyanna Snow White Rapunzel Cosette in Les Miserables Sandy in Grease Maria in West Side Story Christine in Phantom of the Opera Ophelia in Hamlet Juliet in Romeo and Juliet Ariel in The Little Mermaid Belle in Beauty and the Beast Penny in [Dr Horrible's Sing-Along Blog] Mimi in La [Boheme] Tatiana in Eugene [Onegin] ❋ Lorelili (2011)

[Judy Garland's] protrayal of [Dorothy] in [The Wizard of Oz] is the epitome of an ingenue. ❋ Lorelili (2005)

1. Wow [that person] is really [Ingenuic]! 2. That is a really [ingenuic] [idea]! ❋ Varboa (2010)

Being very [dull] and [stupid], [Bob] was a very ingenuous man. ❋ Jase P (2005)

African ingenuity built the [pyramids] by being able to move massive stone blocks across the desert by [wetting] the sand in front of a [contraption] built to pull the heavy objects. ❋ Shen Terrell (2017)

"Dude, I just made [a pipe] out of [a tampon] and some [tin foil]!" "That's Stoner Ingenuity for you" ❋ Bobobobobobobobobo (2007)

That [truck] [right there] has some redneck ingenuity [in it]! ❋ RajanTrajan (2017)

[NASA]: We sent the [ingenuity helicopter] to Mars and took information and pictures [from above]. ❋ HawaiianPunch1 (2023)

A little Afro Ingenuity and a bent coat [hangar] kept [Toby's] [tailpipe] from dragging on the ground. ❋ El Peepo Grande (2003)

[Ezra's] gastro-ingenuity was demonstrated when he combined bacon and [calamari] to the [delight] of his tastebuds and olfactory receptors. ❋ Nishu Aka Didi In The City (2010)

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