Naïf

Alternative forms

• naif

Origin

Borrowing from fr naïf.

Full definition of naïf

Adjective

1. Naive.
• 1947, S.E. Morison, History of United States Naval Operations in World War II, Little, Brown, & Company, page 5:Doenitz was naïf to assume that England would have stood idly by while Germany built up her U-boat force to four figures; but it was true enough that the German Navy was unprepared for a submarine war.

Noun

1. One who is naive.

Anagrams

• an if, fain