naif Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a naive or inexperienced person
  2. adjective marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience
    naive.
    • a teenager's naive ignorance of life
    • the naive assumption that things can only get better
    • this naive simple creature with wide friendly eyes so eager to believe appearances

WordNet

Na"ïf` adjective (Also<
  • Naif
  • Naïf
)
Etymology
F. naïf. See Naïve.
Definitions
  1. Having a true natural luster without being cut; -- applied by jewelers to a precious stone.
  2. Naïve; as, a naïf remark. London Spectator.

Webster 1913