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ingenuous
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ingenuus (“of noble character, frank”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?n?d??n.ju.?s/
Adjective
ingenuous (comparative more ingenuous, superlative most ingenuous)
- Naive and trusting.
- Demonstrating childlike simplicity.
- 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, ch. 12
- "Do you mean to say you didn't leave your wife for another woman?"
- "Of course not."
- "On your word of honour?"
- I don't know why I asked for that. It was very ingenuous of me.
- 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, ch. 12
- Unsophisticated; clumsy or obvious.
- Unable to mask one's feelings.
- Straightforward, candid, open, and frank.
Usage notes
Do not confuse with ingenious.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:naive
Antonyms
- disingenuous
Translations
Anagrams
- unigenous
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ingenuousness
English
Etymology
ingenuous +? -ness
Noun
ingenuousness (countable and uncountable, plural ingenuousnesses)
- The condition of being ingenuous.
- (countable) An ingenuous behavior.
- 1930, Aldous Huxley, Brief Candles
- Time passed; Moira grew up, chronologically; but Sir Watney went on treating her as a spoilt child, went on being enchanted by her birdy chirrupings and ingenuousnesses and impertinent enfant-terrible-isms.
- 1930, Aldous Huxley, Brief Candles
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