I. (ˈ)ga|mēn, ˈgamə̇n noun
( -s )
Etymology: French, feminine of gamin
1. : a girl who runs the streets
a tough little gamine — Geoffrey Household
as ignorant as a gamine — T.B.Costain
2. : a girl of ingratiating qualities, typically slight build, and a pert saucy air or a wistful elfish charm
a trio of glamorous gamines — Lois Long
a droll, touching gamine — Constance Tomkinson
one of the most coquettish gamines I have ever watched — New Yorker
II. adjective
: of or relating to a gamine
her oddly gamine … face — C.A.Lejeune
the girls are built along shapely … gamine lines — Winthrop Sargeant