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[ nah-eef ] / nɑˈif /
nouna naive or inexperienced person. Origin of naïfFirst recorded in 1575–1600 ; from Middle French; masculine of naïve Words nearby naïfNahum, NAI, naiad, NAIC, Naida, naïf, nail, nail bar, nail bed, nail-biter, nail-biting Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for naïfFor three and a half decades, Naif oversaw the ministry of the interior, which brutally repressed liberals and dissidents. Saudi Arabia’s Feminist Revolution Has Begun|David Keyes|April 7, 2013|DAILY BEAST Saudi newspapers demanded an investigation, but it was Naif who ordered an end to all editorials on the subject. Prince Naif’s War On Saudi Liberals And How Obama Is Abetting The Crackdown|David Keyes|November 11, 2011|DAILY BEAST The ascent of Naif spells the death of reform and human rights in Saudi Arabia. Prince Naif’s War On Saudi Liberals And How Obama Is Abetting The Crackdown|David Keyes|November 11, 2011|DAILY BEAST In 2009, The Economist asked of Naif “Could a tough interior minister be a reforming king?” Prince Naif’s War On Saudi Liberals And How Obama Is Abetting The Crackdown|David Keyes|November 11, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Not Naif: He personally threatened to “cut off the tongues” of any Saudi reformist. Prince Naif’s War On Saudi Liberals And How Obama Is Abetting The Crackdown|David Keyes|November 11, 2011|DAILY BEAST Being a lump of simplicity, his sceptism was as naif as his enthusiasm. The Cloister and the Hearth|Charles Reade I was laboriously 'graceful;' and sported my 'naif sensibility' till it was any thing but naif. Their naif delight at the varied skill of the riders was most charming to witness. Tour in England, Ireland, and France, in the years 1826, 1827, 1828 and 1829.|Hermann Pckler-Muskau Strange enough, and I confess it with naif delight, I did not feel at all afraid. Paris under the Commune|John Leighton Of course you should really go to the theological seminary and establish this naif intuitive mysticism upon a disciplined basis. Where the Blue Begins|Christopher Morley
British Dictionary definitions for naïf
adjective, nouna less common word for naive Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |