Ingenue
(noun)
- A young, innocent and unsophisticated girl or woman.
- A naive or inexperienced person, especially a woman.
Origin:
This word is french in origin, meaning "young and innocent girl".
Examples:
- She played the role of the ingenue in the play.
- He was attracted to her innocent and ingenue look.
- She had the perfect ingenue face for the role.
- She was an ingenue in the world of politics and was easily manipulated.
- The character's ingenue behavior was a façade hiding her true intentions.