Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
A naive person; a greenhorn.
adj
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryLacking worldly experience, wisdom, or judgement; unsophisticated. · Not having been exposed to something. · Produced in a simple, childlike style, deliberately rejecting sophisticated techniques. · Intuitive; designed to follow the way ordinary people approach a problem.
Etymology tree French naïf French naïvebor. English naive Borrowed from French naïve, feminine form of naïf, from Latin nātīvus (“native, natural”). Doublet of native.
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