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ingenious
What does ingenious mean?
ingenious (adjective): showing inventiveness and skill.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use ingenious in a sentence?
- An ingenious solution to the problem. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce ingenious?
/ɪnˈdʒinjəs/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does ingenious come from?
Borrowed from Middle French ingénieux, from Old French engenious.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to ingenious
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “ingenious” mean?
tending to vary often or widely
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humorously sarcastic or mocking
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showing inventiveness and skill
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rigid; hard to bend; inflexible
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