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gamine

[ gam-een, -in, ga-meen ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a neglected girl who is left to run about the streets.
a diminutive or very slender girl, especially one who is pert, impudent, or playfully mischievous.

gamine

/ ˈɡæmiːn; ɡamin /

1. a slim and boyish girl or young woman; an elfish tomboy
2. ( as modifier )
  a gamine style of haircut

Origin of gamine¹

1895–1900; < French; feminine of gamin

Origin of gamine¹

from French

She pointed to Maksymenko, whose delicate, gamine features make her seem especially frail.

They are both posh, pretty, gamine English girls blessed with serious eyebrows and a taste for the high life.

At Givenchy, designer Riccardo Tisci has settled into a house once defined by the gamine aesthetic of Audrey Hepburn.

This trend started last year when Diablo Cody and her glorious fempire—appeared, starring the impossibly gamine Lorene Scafaria.

He had not noticed it himself, but seemed to have eyes for nobody but Sidonie, a gamine.

He could not stop talking of the little gamine who was "his own picture."

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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