naïfadj.n.²

Brit.

/nʌɪˈiːf/,

/nɑːˈiːf/, U.S.

/naɪˈif/,

/nɑˈif/

Forms: 1600s nayfe, 1600s 1800s– naife, 1600s– naif, 1700s– naïf; also Scottish pre-1700 naife.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French naïf.

Etymology: < Middle French, French naïf natural, unspoilt (late 12th cent. in Old French; attested earlier in Anglo-Norman with sense ‘native’ (c1150)), foolish (13th cent.), imitating nature, without artifice (mid 16th cent.), unsophisticated, credulous (1642) < classical Latin nātīvus native adj.See also naive adj. Some uses may reflect an attempt to apply naive to feminine subjects and naïf to masculine, in imitation of the French use.

A. adj.

a. = naive adj. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > unaffectedness or naturalness > [adjective] > artless, guileless, or innocent

simple?c1225

innocenta1382

simple-hearted?c1425

unsubtlea1500

indolec1550

naïfc1598

sacklessa1600

plain-hearted1601

unnooked1602

unguileful1604

onefold1606

naivea1614

innocentious1624

innocential1628

excuseless1640

uncrafty1647

craftless1650

ingenuousa1662

innocentive1661

unartful1703

artless1714

ingénue1848

blue-eyed1903

c1598 J. Galloway Let. in M. Napier Mem. J. Napier (1834) viii. 296 Not affectat, bot naturall and naife.

1729 H. Carey Poems Several Occasions (ed. 3) 153 I swear Parbleu, 'tis naif and new, Ill nature is but Folly.

1764 J. Boswell Jrnl. 30 Oct. in Boswell on Grand Tour (1953) I. 157 It was certainly true that my staying in the courtyard could do no good, and the naïf fellow could not help telling me so.

1784 F. Burney Diary 15 Jan. (1842) II. 301 I was half ready to laugh,—there was something so naïf in the complaint.

1807 S. Smith Wks. (1850) 84 The naïf manner in which he speaks of the vestiges of ecclesiastical history.

1846 J. S. Mill Diss. & Disc. (1859) II. 298 The European mind had returned to something like the naïf unsuspecting faith of primitive times.

1885 Manch. Examiner 18 Feb. 3/2 Had these delightfully naïf sentences been written a century ago.

1927 W. Cather Death comes for Archbishop iii. ii. 93 Jacinto was never, by any chance, naïf.

1962 S. Raven Close of Play i. i. 10 For Hugo was still a very naif boy, despite his grown up airs, and he needed stimulus before talking to girls.

1992 I. Bamforth Sons & Pioneers iii. 59 Deaf to domesdays, it was still crossing itself or chafing the epochs like a cod-accordion..scraping by on Piaf—naif dreams of glory.

b. Art. = naive adj. 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > period, movement, or school of art > late 19th and 20th centuries > [adjective] > primitive

naive1871

primitivistic1898

primitivist1914

primitive1930

Rousseauesque1934

naïf1947

1947 M. McCarthy in Partisan Rev. 14 178 As in the case of the naif painters, his very faults, the crudity of his conceptions,..become part of the subject.

1974 Times 7 Jan. 8/1 At the age of 39, Haddelsey is one of the world's leading naif painters.

1990 Antique Winter 125/2 It has a wall display of salvaged mosaic pavements, the most attractive of which are naif representations of scenes from the 13th century Fourth Crusade.

†2. Of a diamond: flawless or lustrous in its natural state (chiefly applied to Indian rough diamonds). Cf. sense B. 2. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > diamond > [adjective] > unmarred

naïf1601

pure-watered1851

1601 G. de Malynes Treat. Canker Englands Commonw. i. 8 Diamonds the most perfect called nayfe, are found in the kingdome of Decan, & other sorts in the kingdome of Narsinga.

1656 T. Blount Glossographia (at cited word) Jewellers..account a Naif Stone, to be one that is found growing naturally in such perfection, as if it had been artificially cut.

1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 213 [Uncut diamonds] are distinguished in two sorts, Thick or Pointed, which are called Naife-Stones, and Flat Stones.

B. n.²

1. A naive person.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > person of weak intellect > [noun] > simpleton

innocentc1386

greenhead1576

gonyc1580

ninnyhammer1592

chicken1600

loach1605

simplician1605

hichcock1607

smelt1607

foppasty1611

dovea1616

goslinga1616

funge1621

simplicity1633

gewgaw1634

squab1640

simpletonian1652

ninny-whoop1653

softhead1654

foppotee1663

greenhorn1672

sumph1682

sawney1699

sillyton1708

gaby?1746

gobbin?1746

green goose1768

nin-a-kin1787

Jacob1811

green1824

sillikin1832

greeny1834

softhorn1836

sucker1838

softie1850

dope1851

soft1854

verigreen1854

peanut1864

daftie1872

josser1886

naïf1891

yapc1894

barm-stick1924

knobhead1931

sook1933

nig-nog1953

sawn1953

pronk1959

stiffy1965

1891 G. B. Shaw Quintessence of Ibsenism iv. 57 It is only the naif who goes to the creative artist with absolute confidence in receiving an answer.

1932 T. S. Eliot Sel. Ess. 305 He [sc. William Blake] becomes the apparent naïf, really the mature intelligence.

1975 Times Lit. Suppl. 20 June 701/1 The Bronowski who concluded this was no mathematical naïf... He had spent a whole decade as a senior lecturer in mathematics.

1998 W. Coleman Bathwater Wine 213 Couldn't they see thru your elegant manly beauty to the soulmonger? The naïf i was couldn't.

a. A diamond which is flawless or lustrous in its natural state.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > diamond > [noun] > fine or perfect diamond

paragon1558

brilliant1690

naïf1892

river1916

1892 E. W. Streeter Precious Stones (ed. 5) v. 45 In early times the Diamond was worn rough, or polished only on its upper surface... In India the native uncut stones are still prized under the name of Naifes.

1912 W. R. Cattelle Diamond vi. 116 The ancients wore their diamonds uncut. To-day even, well-formed crystals, or ‘Naifes’, as they are called, are prized in India.

1981 H. Newman Illustr. Dict. Jewelry 211/1 Naif, a type of diamond that has a lustrous appearance in its natural and unpolished state.

b. Part of the natural surface of a diamond crystal, deliberately left when it is cut or polished. rare.

ΚΠ

1970 E. Bruton Diamonds xi. 193 The bruter..will often brute a stone so that there is a small part of the original skin..left... Such an indication, known as a natural or a naif..is not infrequently seen on the girdle of a polished stone.

1982 G. Lenzen Diamonds & Diamond Grading xii. 112 Among the natural external features are included the so-called naturals or naifs (French ‘rough’).

Compounds

naïf realism n. Philosophy = naive realism n. at naive adj. Compounds.

ΚΠ

1882 W. James Will to Believe (1897) 290 Even the most naïf realism will hardly pretend that the non-table as such exists in se after the same fashion as the table does.

1909 W. James Meaning of Truth ii. 50 The reader will observe that the text is written from the point of view of naïf realism or common sense.

1914 C. D. Broad Perception, Physics & Reality i. 1 We are going to begin from the position of naïf realism. It is true that our everyday view of the world is not quite naïvely realistic, but that is what it would like to be.

1990 Jrnl. Hist. Ideas 51 106 Spencer's position is a ‘naif realism’ which ‘tacitly asserts and implicitly denies’ a correspondence theory of truth.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	naïf
释义	naïfadj.n.² Brit. /nʌɪˈiːf/, /nɑːˈiːf/, U.S. /naɪˈif/, /nɑˈif/ Forms: 1600s nayfe, 1600s 1800s– naife, 1600s– naif, 1700s– naïf; also Scottish pre-1700 naife. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French naïf. Etymology: < Middle French, French naïf natural, unspoilt (late 12th cent. in Old French; attested earlier in Anglo-Norman with sense ‘native’ (c1150)), foolish (13th cent.), imitating nature, without artifice (mid 16th cent.), unsophisticated, credulous (1642) < classical Latin nātīvus native adj.See also naive adj. Some uses may reflect an attempt to apply naive to feminine subjects and naïf to masculine, in imitation of the French use. A. adj. 1. a. = naive adj. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > unaffectedness or naturalness > [adjective] > artless, guileless, or innocent simple?c1225 innocenta1382 simple-hearted?c1425 unsubtlea1500 indolec1550 naïfc1598 sacklessa1600 plain-hearted1601 unnooked1602 unguileful1604 onefold1606 naivea1614 innocentious1624 innocential1628 excuseless1640 uncrafty1647 craftless1650 ingenuousa1662 innocentive1661 unartful1703 artless1714 ingénue1848 blue-eyed1903 c1598 J. Galloway Let. in M. Napier Mem. J. Napier (1834) viii. 296 Not affectat, bot naturall and naife. 1729 H. Carey Poems Several Occasions (ed. 3) 153 I swear Parbleu, 'tis naif and new, Ill nature is but Folly. 1764 J. Boswell Jrnl. 30 Oct. in Boswell on Grand Tour (1953) I. 157 It was certainly true that my staying in the courtyard could do no good, and the naïf fellow could not help telling me so. 1784 F. Burney Diary 15 Jan. (1842) II. 301 I was half ready to laugh,—there was something so naïf in the complaint. 1807 S. Smith Wks. (1850) 84 The naïf manner in which he speaks of the vestiges of ecclesiastical history. 1846 J. S. Mill Diss. & Disc. (1859) II. 298 The European mind had returned to something like the naïf unsuspecting faith of primitive times. 1885 Manch. Examiner 18 Feb. 3/2 Had these delightfully naïf sentences been written a century ago. 1927 W. Cather Death comes for Archbishop iii. ii. 93 Jacinto was never, by any chance, naïf. 1962 S. Raven Close of Play i. i. 10 For Hugo was still a very naif boy, despite his grown up airs, and he needed stimulus before talking to girls. 1992 I. Bamforth Sons & Pioneers iii. 59 Deaf to domesdays, it was still crossing itself or chafing the epochs like a cod-accordion..scraping by on Piaf—naif dreams of glory. b. Art. = naive adj. 2. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > period, movement, or school of art > late 19th and 20th centuries > [adjective] > primitive naive1871 primitivistic1898 primitivist1914 primitive1930 Rousseauesque1934 naïf1947 1947 M. McCarthy in Partisan Rev. 14 178 As in the case of the naif painters, his very faults, the crudity of his conceptions,..become part of the subject. 1974 Times 7 Jan. 8/1 At the age of 39, Haddelsey is one of the world's leading naif painters. 1990 Antique Winter 125/2 It has a wall display of salvaged mosaic pavements, the most attractive of which are naif representations of scenes from the 13th century Fourth Crusade. †2. Of a diamond: flawless or lustrous in its natural state (chiefly applied to Indian rough diamonds). Cf. sense B. 2. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > diamond > [adjective] > unmarred naïf1601 pure-watered1851 1601 G. de Malynes Treat. Canker Englands Commonw. i. 8 Diamonds the most perfect called nayfe, are found in the kingdome of Decan, & other sorts in the kingdome of Narsinga. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia (at cited word) Jewellers..account a Naif Stone, to be one that is found growing naturally in such perfection, as if it had been artificially cut. 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 213 [Uncut diamonds] are distinguished in two sorts, Thick or Pointed, which are called Naife-Stones, and Flat Stones. B. n.² 1. A naive person. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > person of weak intellect > [noun] > simpleton innocentc1386 greenhead1576 gonyc1580 ninnyhammer1592 chicken1600 loach1605 simplician1605 hichcock1607 smelt1607 foppasty1611 dovea1616 goslinga1616 funge1621 simplicity1633 gewgaw1634 squab1640 simpletonian1652 ninny-whoop1653 softhead1654 foppotee1663 greenhorn1672 sumph1682 sawney1699 sillyton1708 gaby?1746 gobbin?1746 green goose1768 nin-a-kin1787 Jacob1811 green1824 sillikin1832 greeny1834 softhorn1836 sucker1838 softie1850 dope1851 soft1854 verigreen1854 peanut1864 daftie1872 josser1886 naïf1891 yapc1894 barm-stick1924 knobhead1931 sook1933 nig-nog1953 sawn1953 pronk1959 stiffy1965 1891 G. B. Shaw Quintessence of Ibsenism iv. 57 It is only the naif who goes to the creative artist with absolute confidence in receiving an answer. 1932 T. S. Eliot Sel. Ess. 305 He [sc. William Blake] becomes the apparent naïf, really the mature intelligence. 1975 Times Lit. Suppl. 20 June 701/1 The Bronowski who concluded this was no mathematical naïf... He had spent a whole decade as a senior lecturer in mathematics. 1998 W. Coleman Bathwater Wine 213 Couldn't they see thru your elegant manly beauty to the soulmonger? The naïf i was couldn't. 2. a. A diamond which is flawless or lustrous in its natural state. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > diamond > [noun] > fine or perfect diamond paragon1558 brilliant1690 naïf1892 river1916 1892 E. W. Streeter Precious Stones (ed. 5) v. 45 In early times the Diamond was worn rough, or polished only on its upper surface... In India the native uncut stones are still prized under the name of Naifes. 1912 W. R. Cattelle Diamond vi. 116 The ancients wore their diamonds uncut. To-day even, well-formed crystals, or ‘Naifes’, as they are called, are prized in India. 1981 H. Newman Illustr. Dict. Jewelry 211/1 Naif, a type of diamond that has a lustrous appearance in its natural and unpolished state. b. Part of the natural surface of a diamond crystal, deliberately left when it is cut or polished. rare. ΚΠ 1970 E. Bruton Diamonds xi. 193 The bruter..will often brute a stone so that there is a small part of the original skin..left... Such an indication, known as a natural or a naif..is not infrequently seen on the girdle of a polished stone. 1982 G. Lenzen Diamonds & Diamond Grading xii. 112 Among the natural external features are included the so-called naturals or naifs (French ‘rough’). Compounds naïf realism n. Philosophy = naive realism n. at naive adj. Compounds. ΚΠ 1882 W. James Will to Believe (1897) 290 Even the most naïf realism will hardly pretend that the non-table as such exists in se after the same fashion as the table does. 1909 W. James Meaning of Truth ii. 50 The reader will observe that the text is written from the point of view of naïf realism or common sense. 1914 C. D. Broad Perception, Physics & Reality i. 1 We are going to begin from the position of naïf realism. It is true that our everyday view of the world is not quite naïvely realistic, but that is what it would like to be. 1990 Jrnl. Hist. Ideas 51 106 Spencer's position is a ‘naif realism’ which ‘tacitly asserts and implicitly denies’ a correspondence theory of truth. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.²c1598
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naïfadj.n.2

Compounds

naïfadj.n.²