单词 | naïveté |
释义 | naïvetén. 1. An instance or case of artlessness, foolishness, or lack of judgement; a naive action, remark, etc. Cf. naivety n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > unaffectedness or naturalness > [noun] > artlessness, guilessness, or innocence > action or remark naïveté1673 naivety1841 1673 J. Dryden Marriage a-la-Mode iii. i. 36 Such an innocent piece of simplicity; 'twas such a naivetè. 1756 H. Walpole Let. to H. Mann 18 Mar. I have nothing more to tell but a naïveté of my Lady Coventry. 1780 T. Davies Mem. Life David Garrick I. x. 91 A kind of droll farce, full of ridiculous incidents, and certain bon mots, called naivetès. 1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets xi. 390 The affection of the Greeks for the grasshopper is one of their most charming naïvetés. 1895 Atlantic Monthly 75 287 Théophile Gautier led the attack, with a criticism more delicious to present ears than the naïvetés of the piece itself. 1943 Amer. Polit. Sci. Rev. 37 839 This ‘realistic’ genius had his naïvetés. 1997 Jrnl. Biogeogr. 24 571 Many [taxonomic specialists]..have helped remove naivetés from our treatment of their groups. 2. The state or quality of being naive; innocence, artlessness, absence of pretence; (in later use also) lack of experience, judgement, or wisdom. Cf. naivety n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > unaffectedness or naturalness > [noun] > artlessness, guilessness, or innocence simplesse1372 simplenessa1382 innocencec1385 simplicitya1500 innocencya1513 ingenuousness1611 plain-heartedness1647 artlessness1663 naivety1708 naïveté1725 acacy1727 simple-heartedness1822 simple-mindedness1827 naiveness1854 onefoldness1887 authenticity1910 1725 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. Mar. (1966) II. 49 I,..with great Naïveté, desir'd to explain with her upon the Subject. 1729 R. Samber in tr. C. Perrault Histories Ded. sig. A4 They..are told with such a Naiveté, and natural innocent Simplicity, that not only children..will..find in them uncommon Pleasure and Delight. 1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho II. v. 163 Sometimes she was compelled to smile at the naïveté of Annette. 1814 W. Scott Waverley II. ix. 154 He had a sort of naiveté and openness of demeanour. View more context for this quotation 1848 A. Jameson Sacred & Legendary Art (1850) 8 We have frequent examples of this naïveté of sentiment in the old mosaics. 1870 R. W. Emerson Society & Solitude xii. 253 The naïveté of his eager preference of Cicero's opinions to King David's. 1915 W. S. Maugham Of Human Bondage lviii. 298 He was amused at her naïveté and slightly touched. 1946 Liberty 25 May 35/2 Her naïveté fell flat when you noted the heavy artistry with the lipstick. 1997 J. Seabrook Deeper iv. 94 In my trusting, doglike naïveté, I actually thought they were writing to thank me for giving them a plug. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1673 |
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