ingeny

English

Alternative forms

• ingenie

Etymology

From Latin ingenium. See ingenious.

Noun

ingeny

1. (obsolete) natural gift or talent; ability; wit; ingenuity
   • 1683, Richard Baxter, Dying Thoughts:

     it [God's mercy] chose me suitable company and habitation; it gave me betimes a teachable ingeny

References

• “ingeny”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.