ingenuity
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Etymology [edit]
From Latin ingenuitās.
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Noun [edit]
ingenuity (usually uncountable; plural ingenuities)
- The ability to solve difficult problems, often in original and creative ways
- The pyramids demonstrate the ingenuity of the ancient Egyptians.
- Poverty is the mother of ingenuity.
- (now rare) Ingenuousness; honesty, straightforwardness.
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, II.17:
- And therefore I apply my selfe to ingenuitie, and ever to speake truth and what I think [...].
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, II.17:
Translations [edit]
ability to come up with solutions to difficult problems
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