Gamine
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Gamine is a noun meaning A (usually female) street urchin; a homeless girl.
Meaning
A (usually female) street urchin; a homeless girl.
More Meanings
- A mischievous, playful, elfish, pert girl or young woman.
- (of a girl) Having a boyish, mischievous charm; elfish, typically with short hair.
Example Sentences
In her navy linen trousers and her, perhaps too tight, white jersey, Jennifer was determinedly gamine.
It’s a wildly dated-looking and derivative film, a quaint adventure in fantasised naughtiness, like Ozon’s teen prostitute fantasy Jeune et Jolie in 2013, which starred his lead actress here, Marine Vacth, in a similarly gamine role.
Word Forms
- gamines
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include gunneress, gurl, gomere, gomerette, guhrl, g'hal.
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