Added 9 October 2026
ingenious
/ɪnˈd͡ʒiːnjəs/ adjective
Latin root: ingeniōsus Wiktionary
adjective Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about ingenious at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
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Showing inventiveness and skill.
a clever gadget
Origin
Borrowed from Middle French ingénieux, from Old French engenious, from Latin ingeniōsus (“endowed with good natural capacity, gifted with genius”), from ingenium (“innate or natural quality, natural capacity, genius”), from in- (“in”) + gignere (“to produce”), Old Latin genere. See also engine.
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