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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ingenious \In*gen"ious\, a. [L. ingeniosus, fr ingenium innate or natural quality, natural capacity, genius: cf F. ing['e]nieux. See {Engine}.] 1. Possessed of genius, or the faculty of invention; skillful or promp to invent; having an aptitude to contrive, or to form new combinations; as an ingenious author, mechanic. A man . . . very wise and ingenious in feats of war. --Hakluyt. Thou, king, send out For torturers ingenious. --Shak. The more ingenious men are the more apt are they to trouble themselves. --Sir W. Temple. 2. Proseeding from pertaining to or characterized by genius or ingenuity; of curious design, structure, or mechanism; as an ingenious model, or machine; an ingenious scheme, contrivance, etc Thus men go wrong with an ingenious skill. --Cowper. 3. Witty; shrewd; adroit; keen; sagacious; as an ingenious reply. 4. Mental; intellectual. [Obs.] A course of learning and ingenious studies. --Shak. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: ingenious adj 1: (used of persons or artifacts) marked by independence and creativity in thought or action "an imaginative use of material"; "the invention of the knitting frame by another ingenious English clergyman"- Lewis Mumford; "an ingenious device"; "had an inventive turn of mind"; "inventive ceramics" [syn: {imaginative}, {inventive}] 2: skillful (or showing skill) in adapting means to ends "cool prudence and sensitive selfishness along with quick perception of what is possible--these distinguish an adroit politician"; "came up with a clever story"; "an ingenious press agent"; "an ingenious scheme" [syn: {adroit}, {clever}] 3: showing inventiveness and skill; "a clever gadget"; "the cunning maneuvers leading to his success""; "an ingenious solution to the problem" [syn: {clever}, {cunning}]
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