gaminerie

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French gaminerie. See gamin.

Noun

gaminerie (countable and uncountable, plural gamineries)

1. 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.

Anagrams

• Imagineer, reimagine

French

Etymology

From gamin +‎ -erie.

Noun

gaminerie f (plural gamineries)

1. prank

Further reading

• “gaminerie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.