- ingenious, ingenuity
- Loea, maiau.
English-Hawaiian dictionary. 2015.
ingenious, ingenuity
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ingenious — ingenious, ingenuous These two words are distantly related and both have undergone a major shift in meaning. Ingenious came into English via French from a Latin source derived from ingenium ‘cleverness’; it originally meant ‘intellectual,… … Modern English usage
ingenuity — [in΄jə no͞o′ə tē, in΄jənyo͞o′ə tē] n. [L ingenuitas < ingenuus (see INGENUOUS): INGENUITY sense 1 infl. by assoc. with INGENIOUS] 1. Obs. the quality of being ingenuous 2. the quality of being ingenious; cleverness, originality, skill, etc. 3 … English World dictionary
Ingenious — In*gen ious, a. [L. ingeniosus, fr. ingenium innate or natural quality, natural capacity, genius: cf. F. ing[ e]nieux. See {Engine}.] 1. Possessed of genius, or the faculty of invention; skillful or promp to invent; having an aptitude to contrive … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
ingenuity — ► NOUN ▪ the quality of being ingenious. ORIGIN Latin ingenuitas ingenuousness , from ingenuus inborn ; the current meaning arose by confusion of ingenuous with ingenious … English terms dictionary
ingenuity — 1590s, honor, nobility, from M.Fr. ingénuité and directly from L. ingenuitatem (nom. ingenuitas) condition of a free born man, figuratively generosity, noble mindedness, from ingenuus (see INGENUOUS (Cf. ingenuous)). Etymologically, this word… … Etymology dictionary
ingenuity — /in jeuh nooh i tee, nyooh /, n., pl. ingenuities for 3. 1. the quality of being cleverly inventive or resourceful; inventiveness: a designer of great ingenuity. 2. cleverness or skillfulness of conception or design: a device of great ingenuity.… … Universalium
ingenious — [15] Ingenious used to be a more elevated term than it is today. To begin with it meant ‘highly intelligent’, but already by the 16th century it was starting to come down in the world somewhat to ‘cleverly inventive’. It comes, partly via French… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
ingenious — [15] Ingenious used to be a more elevated term than it is today. To begin with it meant ‘highly intelligent’, but already by the 16th century it was starting to come down in the world somewhat to ‘cleverly inventive’. It comes, partly via French… … Word origins
ingenuity — noun The ability to solve difficult problems, often in original and creative ways The pyramids demonstrate the ingenuity of the ancient Egyptians. See Also: ingenious, ingenuous … Wiktionary
ingenuity — in•ge•nu•i•ty [[t]ˌɪn dʒəˈnu ɪ ti, ˈnyu [/t]] n. pl. ties 1) the quality of being cleverly inventive or resourceful 2) cleverness or skillfulness of conception or design: a device of great ingenuity[/ex] 3) an ingenious contrivance or device 4)… … From formal English to slang
