gaminerie
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French gaminerie. See gamin.
Noun edit
gaminerie (countable and uncountable, plural gamineries)
- impishness
- 1935, P. G. Wodehouse, 'Blandings Castle', Herbert Jenkins, 1957, page 179.
- When she had entered his employment a few days before, he had noticed, of course, that she had a sort of ethereal beauty; but then every girl you see in Hollywood has either ethereal beauty or roguish gaminerie or a dark, slumbrous face that hints at hidden passion.
- 1935, P. G. Wodehouse, 'Blandings Castle', Herbert Jenkins, 1957, page 179.
Anagrams edit
French edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
gaminerie f (plural gamineries)
Further reading edit
- “gaminerie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.