different between ingenious vs engine

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.

English

Etymology

From Middle English engyn, from Anglo-Norman engine, Old French engin (“skill, cleverness, war machine”), from Latin ingenium (“innate or natural quality, nature, genius, a genius, an invention, (in Late Latin) a war-engine, battering-ram”), from ingenitum, past participle of ingign? (“to instil by birth, implant, produce in”). Compare gin, ingenious.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /??nd???n/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /?end???n/, /?end???n/
• (General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /?end???n/
• Hyphenation: en?gine

Noun

engine (plural engines)

1. A large construction used in warfare, such as a battering ram, catapult etc. [from 14th c.]
2. (now archaic) A tool; a utensil or implement. [from 14th c.]
3. A complex mechanical device which converts energy into useful motion or physical effects. [from 16th c.]
4. A person or group of people which influence a larger group; a driving force. [from 16th c.]
5. The part of a car or other vehicle which provides the force for motion, now especially one powered by internal combustion. [from 19th c.]
6. A self-powered vehicle, especially a locomotive, used for pulling cars along a track. [from 19th c.]
7. (computing) A software or hardware system responsible for a specific technical task (usually with qualifying word). [from 20th c.]

8. (obsolete) Ingenuity; cunning, trickery, guile. [13th-17th c.]
9. (obsolete) The result of cunning; something ingenious, a contrivance; (in negative senses) a plot, a scheme. [13th-18th c.]
10. (obsolete) Natural talent; genius. [14th-17th c.]
11. Anything used to effect a purpose; any device or contrivance; an agent.

Synonyms

• motor
• locomotive

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Descendants

• ? Afrikaans: enjin
• ? Bashkir: ?????? (??????)
• ? Hindi: ???? (iñjan)
• ? Japanese: ????
• ? Malay: enjin
  • Indonesian: enjin
• ? Scottish Gaelic: einnsean
• ? Swedish: injini

Verb

engine (third-person singular simple present engines, present participle engining, simple past and past participle engined)

1. (transitive, dated) To equip with an engine; said especially of steam vessels.

2. (transitive, obsolete) To assault with an engine.
   • 1629, Thomas Adams, Plain-Dealing

     to engine and batter our walls

3. (transitive, obsolete) To contrive; to put into action.
4. (transitive, obsolete) To rack; to torture.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)

   • Quoted in 1977, Virginia Brown (ed.), Mediaeval Studies (volume XXXIX), Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, Toronto, Canada

     In the year 1433 a merchant complained to Commons that the lord of the port city of Gildo in Brittany had imprisoned a servant of his ‘and engined him so that he was in point of death’ (Rot. pari. 4.475).

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• ginnee