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ingenious
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)
- (of a person) Displaying genius or brilliance; tending to invent.
- (of a thing) Characterized by genius; cleverly done or contrived.
- 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.
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deceitful
English
Alternative forms
- deceiptful (obsolete)
- deceiptfull (obsolete)
- deceitfull (archaic)
Etymology
deceit +? -ful
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /d??si?tf?l/, /-fl?/
Adjective
deceitful (comparative more deceitful, superlative most deceitful)
- Deliberately misleading or cheating.
- c. 1590, William Shakespeare, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, [Act II, scene vii]:
- All the?e are ?eruants to deceitfull men.
- c. 1590, William Shakespeare, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, [Act II, scene vii]:
- Deceptive, two-faced.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:deceptive
Translations
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