ingenuity

Substantivin Dialogen belegt

//ˌɪnd͡ʒəˈn(j)uːəti//

The ability to solve difficult problems in original, clever, and inventive ways; ingeniousness.

Substantiv

1
The ability to solve difficult problems in original, clever, and inventive ways; ingeniousness.
The pyramids demonstrate the ingenuity of the ancient Egyptians.
Poverty is the mother of ingenuity.
Ingenuity is one of the characteristics of a beaver.
Half the ingenuity lavished on news—by news we mean the topics of the day as connected with their own circle—half this ingenuity would set up a whole Society of Antiquaries, and immortalise at least a dozen of them.
2
An ingenuous action or thought.
Virility is sustained, preserved, even recaptured, by man's ingenuities, by exotic foods and drinks, by rare herbal compounds, by fantastical manipulations, goetic periapts.
3
altertümlichIngenuousness; honesty, straightforwardness
And therefore I apply my selfe to ingenuitie, and ever to speake truth and what I think[…].

Herkunft

From Latin ingenuitās.

Formen

Plural: ingenuities

ing · A meadow, especially a low meadow near a river; water meadow.Ing · A surname ingenious · Of a person, displaying genius or brilliance; inventive.

ingenuity · The ability to solve difficult problems in original, clever, and inventive ways; ingeniousness.

ingredient · One of the substances present in a mixture, especially food.Ingrid · A female given name from Old Norse.inhabited · Having inhabitants; lived in.

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