Is someone who
Would never tell a lie
She’s simple, young, and innocent
And never is a guy
You might say she’s ingenuous
Or you could say naive
They both mean “inexperienced”
And both are French words, I believe
But what of people who pretend
To be naive for evil ends?
We call them disingenuous
Don’t trust a word they say to us
An ingénue
Is someone who
Would never tell a lie
She’s simple, young, and innocent
And never is a guy
by Tom Meltzer ©The Princeton Review
If you like "Do You Know an Ingenue?" you might also like Edith Piaf.
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