What is the opposite of "ingenue"?
It's also a French loan word which I saw somewhere but cannot recall now.

Thank you in advance.that word usually refers to women who are maturely sexy or foxy and knows how to attract and provoke men.

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What is the opposite of "ingenue"?
It's also a French loan word which I saw somewhere but cannot recall now.

Thank you in advance.that word usually refers to women who are maturely sexy or foxy and knows how to attract and provoke men.

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Femme fatale.

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Now that I think of it, you might be thinking of "soubrette."

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In repertory theatre or "stock company," there are standard acting roles:

Leading man
Leading lady
Juvenile (male)
Ingenue (female)
Character man
Character woman
Low comic
Soubrette

So perhaps the "opposite of ingenue" is "juvenile."