naïfs

noun

variants or naifs
plural of naïf
as in virgins

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  1. virgins
  2. sheep
  3. innocents
  4. greenhorns
  5. fledglings
  6. lambs
  7. ingenues
  8. newbies
Noun
  • Bridget reads Lizzie the tale of Countess Elizabeth Báthory of Ecsed (also portrayed by Krieps), a 16th-century Hungarian noblewoman said to have bled beautiful virgins to bathe in their blood and preserve her beauty.
    — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Public health stats show maybe 5%-10% of those getting married in the United States are virgins at the altar.
    — Lauren Green, FOXNews.com, 15 June 2026
Definition of virgins
Noun
  • Their Angora goats and Rambouillet sheep roam over the land, stopping at a network of water troughs.
    — Rebecca Santana, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026
  • The sheep references our family’s English shepherding heritage.
    — Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of sheep
Noun
  • On that terrible day, millions of Americans witnessed airplanes flying into buildings, people jumping off skyscrapers, and the Twin Towers collapsing with thousands of innocents inside.
    — Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
  • The Night Court will not stand idly by while innocents are attacked.
    — Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of innocents
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  • Flecks of mica and pyrite and who knows what, but only fools and greenhorns mistake it for gold.
    — John Archibald, Southern Living, 11 June 2026
Definition of greenhorns
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  • The fledglings of the bird, which is native to New Zealand, were bred this year.
    — Adela Suliman, NBC news, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Northern cardinals may flirt over lunch, with a male passing a choice bite to a female, while fledglings flap, gape and beg their parents for a snack.
    — Lauren Paige Richeson, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of fledglings
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  • There is always a vegetarian option, but this really is a place for ardent carnivores, who are encouraged each evening to watch as Patagonian lambs (or other regional produce) are cooked over an open fire in a smoky room by the kitchen.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Other disputes are minor, like the three animal rights activists who stole lambs from King Charles’ Sandringham estate.
    — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of lambs
Noun
  • Meanwhile, Bullock and Kidman have graduated from white-hot ingenues to permanent legends.
    — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026
  • When the Television Academy announced its nominations in July, the story wasn’t about the ingenues.
    — Clayton Davis, Variety, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of ingenues
Noun
  • Nine out of 10 beginner guitarists are not playing one year after picking up the instrument, so catering to those newbies meant a lot of churn, Dalporto says.
    — Phil Wahba, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2026
  • Three newbies went in there, and two of them came out with punishments.
    — McKinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of newbies
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