INNOCENT

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innocent I. adjectiv

1. inocent, nevinovat, neprihănit, pur, curat, neîntinat, fără prihană.

2. (jur.) (of) inocent (în ceea ce priveşte), nevinovat (de); (com.) legitim, permis, autorizat;

innocent of a crime nevinovat de o crimă.

3. (of) lipsit de;

windows innocent of glass ferestre fără geamuri;

(fig.) to be innocent of Latin a nu şti o boabă latineşte.

4. inocent, naiv, candid, simplu, neprefăcut, natural;

(as) innocent as a new-born babe inocent ca un (prunc) nou-născut, cu o candoare de (prunc) nou-născut;

to put on an innocent air a face, a-şi lua o mutră nevinovată, a face pe inocentul, a se face că nu pricepe, a face pe naivul, a face pe niznaiul.

5. simplu, prostuţ, nerod, neghiob.

6. (fam., despre copii şi flori) drăguţ, graţios.

7. (despre un joc, un remediu etc.) inocent, inofensiv, nevătămător.

innocent II. substantiv

1. fiinţă, nevinovată (mai ales prunc), copilaş nevinovat;

(bibl.) the Massacre / Slaughter of the innocents uciderea pruncilor; (parl.sl.) masacrarea la sfârşitul sesiunii a proiectelor de legi din lipsă de timp.

2. tont, prostănac, neghiob, găgăuţă, cap sec; naiv.

3. (amer.sl.) spărgător a cărui vinovăţie a fost dovedită.

4. (amer. sl.) cadavru, mort.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

My dear father, you are mistaken; Justine is innocent.

(Frankenstein, de Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

On another occasion, when we three were together, this same dear baby—it was truly dear to me, for our mother's sake—was the innocent occasion of Miss Murdstone's going into a passion.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

Oh, if you do, Mr. Holmes, do tell him that I know him to be innocent.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“You imagine I am connected with the death of Captain Peter Carey. I assure you that I am innocent.”

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

To think of my dear old friend being not only alive, but innocent as well!

(Rodney Stone, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

"Do you call him 'John'?" asked Meg, smiling, with her innocent eyes looking down into her mother's.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

So they dared no longer hide the truth from her, but said it was the will of Heaven, and that her birth was only the innocent cause of it; but the little girl mourned sadly about it every day, and thought herself bound to do all she could to bring her brothers back; and she had neither rest nor ease, till at length one day she stole away, and set out into the wide world to find her brothers, wherever they might be, and free them, whatever it might cost her.

(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)

I took to adding on little sentences of my own to each question, innocent ones at first, to test whether either of our companions knew anything of the matter, and then, as I found that they showed no signs I played a more dangerous game.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

She felt that his influence over her mind was heightened by circumstances which ought not in reason to have weight; by that person of uncommon attraction, that open, affectionate, and lively manner which it was no merit to possess; and by that still ardent love for Marianne, which it was not even innocent to indulge.

(Sense and Sensibility, de Jane Austen)

Innocent and quiet as you sit here, you cannot have an idea of the sensation that you will be occasioning, of the curiosity there will be to see you, of the endless questions I shall have to answer!

(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)

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