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Ingenious

//ɪnˈd͡ʒiːnjəs// adj

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Adjective

1
Of a person, displaying genius or brilliance; inventive.
"This fellow is ingenious; he fixed a problem I didn’t even know I had."
2
Of a thing, characterized by genius; cleverly contrived or done.
"That is an ingenious model of the atom."
3
Showing originality or sagacity; witty.
"He sent me an ingenious reply to an email."

Adjective

1
showing inventiveness and skill wordnet

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French ingénieux, from Old French engenious, from Latin ingeniōsus (“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.

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