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ingenuity Definition


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ingenuity
noun
    1. Inventive cleverness, skill or originality; ingeniousness.
      Thesaurus: cleverness, originality, inventiveness, resourcefulness, innovativeness, flair, genius, gift.
Etymology: 16c in obsolete sense ‘ingenuousness' (from Latin ingenuitas); the current meaning (influenced by ingenious) dates from the 17c.



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