enginous

English

Etymology

From Old French engignos. See ingenious.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛnd͡ʒɪnəs/

Adjective

enginous (comparative more enginous, superlative most enginous)

1. (obsolete) Pertaining to an engine.
   • 1607, Thomas Dekker, The Whore of Babylon:

     That one act gives, like an enginous wheel,
     Motion to all.

2. (obsolete) Contrived with care; ingenious.
   • 1600 (first performance), Beniamin Ionson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Cynthias Reuels, or The Fountayne of Selfe-Loue. […]”, in The Workes of Beniamin Ionson (First Folio), London: […] Will[iam] Stansby, published 1616, →OCLC:

     the mark of all their enginous drifts