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ڲܳ-Բï
[ foh-nah-eef ]
adjective
- marked by a pretense of simplicity or innocence; disingenuous.
noun
- a person who shrewdly affects an attitude or pose of simplicity or innocence.
ڲܳ-Բï
/ fonaif /
adjective
- appearing or seeking to appear simple and unsophisticated
a ڲܳ-Բï narration
noun
- a person who pretends to be naïve
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of ڲܳ-Բï1
French: false naïve
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She paints a thick inky black-on-white, in a ڲܳ-Բï pastiche of East and West.
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With his ڲܳ-Բï manner, Earl enters into his new life of crime with an ironically bland air of innocence.
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The Currier Museum of Art in Manchester, N.H., had one of her utterly original, droll, ڲܳ-Բï sculptural ensembles.
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Todd Bienvenu paints both oil and acrylic in a ڲܳ-Բï style of broad approximate strokes, bright high-contrast colors and heavy impasto.
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When this meets a blank stare, she clarifies: “The young ڲܳ-Բï making up to the aging star. It’s called ‘All About Eve.’ ”
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