Meaning of manic pixie dreamgirl | Babel Free
Definitions
Noun. [C1]
Examples
“Your love⟳ for her is getting embarrassing. [...] She's gorgeous, she has buckets of charisma she couldn't hide⟳ if she tried, and she makes all the boys fall⟳ in love⟳ with her. That sounds like⟳ Manic Pixie Dreamgirl territory, my friend—which, news flash⟳ again, is a cliché.”
“A precursor to the “manic pixie dreamgirl” trope of today, the femme-enfant’s youth was to be mooned over, her naïveté aspired to, her pure countenance captured in poetry and paint⟳.”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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