Naiveté (noun)
nai-eev-e-tee
The quality or state of having or showing a lack of experience or judgment; natural or artless simplicity.
First recorded in 1665–75 from French. As the adjective naive, comes via the Old French word naif, meaning “natural, instinctive,” from Latin nātīvus “natural.”
Example sentences
“She showed her naiveté with the question and the group laughed..”
Tripartite (adj) triy-part-iyt Divided into or consisting of three parts. Agreed by three parties. 1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin tripartītus divided into three parts, equivalent to tri- tri- +…
