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  • noun obsolete A naevus; a pigmented spot.

Etymologies

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Latin naevus.

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Examples

  • Has it occurred to these pundits that Obama has already whiffed on two easy layups: first, he actually believed it would be possible to withdrawer from Iraq in 16 months -- which is jawdroppingly naeve (or if he didn't believe it he scammed voters with the promise) -- then he even more incomprehensibly contacted the Pakistani president after being elected but blew off the India president.

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008

  • That was hardly her greatest skill, not very strong at all, though it seemed to have returned to her fully when Ny-naeve Healed her, yet she doubted there was another sister anywhere in the camp.

    Knife of Dreams Jordan, Robert, 1948- 2005

  • “He was a tall, handsome, bold man; but his naeve was that he was damnably proud.

    Kenilworth 2004

  • "He was a tall, handsome, bold man; but his naeve was that he was damnably proud.

    Kenilworth Walter Scott 1801

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