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noun 
  1. An innocent, unsophisticated, naive, wholesome girl or young woman.
  2. A dramatic role of such a woman; an actress playing such a role.
Etymology: From the word ingénue, the feminine form of ingénu (meaning "guileless"), originally from the word ingenuus (meaning "ingenuous").


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