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Actress Mary Pickford played a number of ingénue roles. Actress Mildred Davis in 1923. The ingénue (UK: / ˈ æ̃ ʒ ə nj uː,-ʒ eɪ n-/, US: / ˈ æ n (d) ʒ ə nj uː, ˈ ɑː n-/, French: ⓘ) is a stock character in literature, film and a role type in the theater, generally a girl or a young woman, who is endearingly innocent.
Innocent is a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: Given name. Pope Innocent (disambiguation) Saint Innocent (disambiguation)
Codger: [7] An old-fashioned or eccentric old man. Coot: [10] A crazy and foolish old man; senile man. Cougar: [11] [12] An American slang term referring to older women who have romantic or sexual relations with younger men, although the term can also have a positive connotation depending on the situation or circumstance.
Female and male: the terms have different etymologies. Male originates from Old French masle, a shortened form of Latin masculus. Female originates from Medieval Latin femella, a diminutive of femina. The fluorescent lamp did not derive its name from the fictional Filipino inventor Agapito Flores.
(Un) Gazier originally, a man who worked in gas transport; nowadays, it is a familiar way to say "Someone" (mostly for a man; this term is rare for women, and in such case, the correct word is the feminine form "Gazière"). [22] (Un) Quidam: someone whose identity is unknown or cannot be disclosed. [23] See also fr:wikt:Tartempion#Synonymes
The modern Irish girl's name, Síofra, means an elvish or changeling child, deriving from Síobhra(í), meaning fairy(/fairies). The Aos sí, siabhra (commonly anglicised as "sheevra"), may be prone to evil and mischief. [22] [23] However, the Ulster folk song 'The Gartan Mother's Lullaby' also uses "sheevra" simply to mean "spirit" or "fairy ...
Burikko are girls or women who act coy, or deliberately cute and/or innocent in a put on way. [2] It includes the "idea of a helpless, submissive, and cute look of a young girl". [ 4 ] The burikko subculture is an example of adults embracing child-like behavior and speech as a form of cuteness, also seen in South Korean aegyo or Chinese ...
Vietnamese people may distinguish unisex names by middle names. For example, Quốc Khánh may be a male name (Quốc is a male name) and Ngân Khánh may be a female name (Ngân is a female name), and sex-specific middle names such as Văn for males and Thị for females also help. In many cases, a male could have a female name and vice versa.