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語源

Borrowed from French gamine.

発音

• IPA: /ɡæˈmiːn/, /ˈɡæmiːn/

名詞

gamine (plural gamines)

1. A (usually female) street urchin; a homeless girl.
2. A mischievous, playful, elfish, pert girl or young woman.

派生語

形容詞

gamine (comparative more gamine, superlative most gamine)

1. (of a girl) Having a boyish, mischievous charm; elfish, typically with short hair. [from 20th c.]
   • 1984, Anita Brookner, Hotel du Lac, Penguin, published 2016, page 54:

     In her navy linen trousers and her, perhaps too tight, white jersey, Jennifer was determinedly gamine.

   • 2017 May 25, Peter Bradshaw, “L'Amant Double review – camp-classic status beckons for François Ozon's softcore silliness”, in The Guardian‎:

     It’s a wildly dated-looking and derivative film, a quaint adventure in fantasised naughtiness, like Ozon’s teen prostitute fantasy Jeune et Jolie in 2013, which starred his lead actress here, Marine Vacth, in a similarly gamine role.

   • 2021, Malinda Lo, Last Night at the Telegraph Club‎, Dutton Books for Young Readers, page 13:

     Her hair was cut short in the current style, but on her it looked a bit less gamine than mannish, which drew Lily's attention.

参考

• gamin

アナグラム

• Enigma, enigma, imagen, in-game