naif [nī`ēēf] noun.
One who is naive.
[Fr. French naïve feminine for naïf fr. Old French naif, native, fr. Latin nātīvus fr. nātus, p.p. for nāsci, just born fr. Indo-European root *gn
-sko-, fr. *g
-sko- suffix form of *gen1- fr. *gen- fr. *
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