Naif

By Deane Barker

Definition: a naive person

This is literally the noun form of “naive.”

Both words come from the French word for “native,” which was used to mean “simple.”

Why I Looked It Up

In The Elusive Shift: How Role-Playing Games Forged Their Identity, it mentioned “role-playing naifs.”

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