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English
Etymology
Borrowed from French gaminerie. See gamin.
Noun
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.
Anagrams
French
Etymology
From gamin + -erie.
Noun
gaminerie f (plural gamineries)
- prank
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