Meanings of old ingenue in английском

But it was Garfunkel, with only Mike Nichols's Carnal Knowledge to recommend him, and Russell, a 21-year- old ingenue, who were plunged into Bad Timing's heart.

In 1982 Nina Stibbe, a 20-year- old ingenue from rural Leicestershire, was taken on as a nanny for a well-heeled, bookish family in north London.