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gaminerie

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

impishness

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • 1935, P. G. Wodehouse, 'Blandings Castle', Herbert Jenkins, 1957, page 179. When she had entered his employment a few days before, he had noticed, of course, that she had a sort of ethereal beauty; but then every girl you see in Hollywood has either ethereal beauty or roguish gaminerie or a dark, slumbrous face that hints at hidden passion.

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History

Etymology

Borrowed from French gaminerie. See gamin.