different between adept vs ingenious

English

Etymology

From French adepte, from Latin adeptus (“who has achieved”), the past participle of adipisci (“to attain”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US, adjective) IPA^(key): /??d?pt/, /?æd.?pt/
• (UK, US, noun) IPA^(key): /?æd.?pt/, /æd??pt/
• Rhymes: -?pt

Adjective

adept (comparative more adept or adepter, superlative most adept or adeptest)

1. Well skilled; completely versed; thoroughly proficient
   • 1837-1839, Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist

     Adept as she was, in all the arts of cunning and dissimulation, the girl Nancy could not wholly conceal the effect which the knowledge of the step she had taken, wrought upon her mind.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:skillful

Antonyms

• inept

Translations

Noun

adept (plural adepts)

1. One fully skilled or well versed in anything; a proficient

   adepts in philosophy

   • 1841, Charles Dickens, Barnaby Rudge:

     When he had achieved this task, he applied himself to the acquisition of stable language, in which he soon became such an adept, that he would perch outside my window and drive imaginary horses with great skill, all day.

   • 1894-95, Thomas Hardy, Jude the Obscure:

     Others, alas, had an instinct towards artificiality in their very blood, and became adepts in counterfeiting at the first glimpse of it.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:skilled person

Translations

Related terms

• apt
• aptitude

References

• adept in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• pated, taped

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin adeptus (“who has achieved”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??d?pt/
• Rhymes: -?pt

Noun

adept m (definite singular adepten, indefinite plural adepter, definite plural adeptene)

1. an adept (person)

References

• “adept” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “adept” in The Ordnett Dictionary

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin adeptus (“who has achieved”). The adjective is of the same origin, though likely through English adept.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??d?pt/ (example of pronunciation)

Noun

adept m (definite singular adepten, indefinite plural adeptar, definite plural adeptane)

1. an adept, skillful person
2. an inductee to an order, a secret society or a science
3. (historical) an alchemist
4. a very knowledgeable person
5. (by extension, derogatory) a know-it-all, a self-declared expert
6. a student of a craft

Adjective

adept (indefinite singular adept, definite singular and plural adepte)

1. adept (very skilled)

References

• “adept” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

From French adepte, from Latin adeptus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a.d?pt/

Noun

adept m pers (feminine adeptka)

1. trainee
2. novice

Declension

Further reading

• adept in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• adept in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

From French adepte

Noun

adept m (plural adep?i)

1. follower
2. disciple

Declension

Swedish

Noun

adept c

1. a pupil, a student, an apprentice, a disciple

Declension

Synonyms

• lärjunge

Anagrams

• petad

English

Alternative forms

• engenious (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French ingénieux, from Old French engenious, from Latin ingeni?sus (“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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?d?i?nj?s/, /?n?d?i?ni?s/
• Rhymes: -i?ni?s
• Hyphenation: in?ge?nious

Adjective

ingenious (comparative more ingenious, superlative most ingenious)

1. (of a person) Displaying genius or brilliance; tending to invent.

2. (of a thing) Characterized by genius; cleverly done or contrived.

3. Witty; original; shrewd; adroit; keen; sagacious.

Usage notes

Do not confuse with ingenuous.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:witty
• See also Thesaurus:intelligent

Related terms

Translations

References

• ingenious in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• ingenious in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.