ingenu

Etymology
, especially as used by in , from. .

Noun

 * 1)  An innocent, unsophisticated, naive, wholesome boy or young man.

Usage notes
The term ingenu is poorly known, and so the feminine term ingenue is sometimes used in a gender-neutral or masculine way. (See the 2002 citation, where the explicit masculine French is feminized in English.)

Etymology
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Adjective

 * 1) naive