Hypertext Webster Gateway: "naif"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Naif \Na"["i]f`\ (?; formerly ?), a. [F. na["i]f. See
{Na["i]ve}.]
1. Having a true natural luster without being cut; -- applied
by jewelers to a precious stone.
2. Na["i]ve; as, a na["i]f remark. --London Spectator.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
naif
adj : marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile
or worldly experience; "a teenager's naive ignorance of
life"; "the naive assumption that things can only get
better"; "this naive simple creature with wide friendly
eyes so eager to believe appearances" [syn: {naive}]
[ant: {sophisticated}]
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