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Naif   Listen
adjective
Naif  adj.  
1.
Having a true natural luster without being cut; applied by jewelers to a precious stone.
2.
Naïve; as, a naïf remark.





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"Naif" Quotes from Famous Books



... errors of Dulcin de Novare and his wife Marguerite, into the filth of abbe Beccarelli, and the abominations of Segarelli of Parma, who, on pretext of becoming a child the better to symbolize the simple, naif love of the Paraclete, had himself diapered and slept on the breast of ...
— La-bas • J. K. Huysmans
... again, "that was a dear, blasphemous young whelp! You know, I rather liked him. Bless the soul of you, I could as little have rebuked the lad as I could punish the guiltless indecence of a babe—he was that shockingly naif!" ...
— The Seeker • Harry Leon Wilson
... with all the naif unconsciousness of a child, she had all the manner of the veille cour; together ...
— Under Two Flags • Ouida [Louise de la Ramee]
... grave and sad, as he stood listening. It was possible to hear almost all the prayer through the red baize door, and the words, hackneyed though they were, and almost absurd in their pious sing-song, had a naif impressiveness and, to the listener, ...
— The Daughters of Danaus • Mona Caird


Words linked to "Naif" :   uninformed, childlike, credulous, naive, unworldly, ingenuous, simple-minded, round-eyed, wide-eyed, sophisticated


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