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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



... foreign object, moving so meteorically before her, an ambiguous creature of wilfulness and Destiny. And, to her surprise, where she had dreaded antagonisms, she discovered only sympathies. He was, she said, "so quiet, so simple, naif even, so pleased to be informed about things he does not know, so gentle, so full of tact, dignity, and modesty, so full of kind attention towards us, never saying a word, or doing a thing, which could put me out... There is something fascinating, melancholy, and engaging ...
— Queen Victoria • Lytton Strachey
... there are a few men who hold the opinions of another age, past or future. Being a lump of simplicity, his sceptism was as naif as his enthusiasm. He affected to look on the religious ceremonies of his day as his models, the heathen philosophers, regarded the worship of gods and departed heroes: mummeries good for the populace. But here ...
— The Cloister and the Hearth • Charles Reade


Words linked to "Naif" :   sophisticated, fleeceable, unworldly, unsophisticated, round-eyed, innocent, dewy-eyed, inexperienced person, childlike, wide-eyed


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