gamine

adjective

/ˈɡæm.iːn/ approving

Definition

› describes a girl or young woman who is thin, has short hair and is attractively like a young boy in appearance: Her newly cropped hair gives her a fashionably gamine look.Gender-related attributesKinds of womenKinds of men gamine

noun [C] Kinds of womenMen and women

(Definition of gamine adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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