gingette

English

Etymology

From ging(er) (“red-haired person”) +‎ -ette (suffix forming female equivalents). Compare ging and -ette (“a person, especially a woman, with the specified hair color”).

Noun

gingette (plural gingettes)

  1. (colloquial, often derogatory) A female with reddish-brown hair.
    Synonym: (rare) redette
    Hypernyms: see Thesaurus:redhead
    • 2010, Brief Encounters‎[1], page 339:
      An Israeli sabre meets an Irish colleen redhead; 'Gingette' sparks do fly, resulting in a marriage made in heaven for Victor and Adrienne Elalouf.

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