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English Dictionary: ingenious	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ingenious adj showing inventiveness and skill; "a clever gadget"; "the cunning maneuvers leading to his success"; "an ingenious solution to the problem" Synonym(s): clever, cunning, ingenious
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ingenious \Ingen"ious\, a. [L. ingeniosus, fr. ingenium innate or natural quality, natural capacity, genius: cf. F. ing[82]nieux. See {Engine}.] 1. Possessed of genius, or the faculty of invention; skillful or promp to invent; having an aptitude to contrive, or to form new combinations; as, an ingenious* author, mechanic. A man . . . very wise and ingenious in feats of war. --Hakluyt. Thou, king, send out For torturers ingenious. --Shak. The more ingenious men are, the more apt are they to trouble themselves. --Sir W. Temple. 2. Proseeding from, pertaining to, or characterized by, genius or ingenuity; of curious design, structure, or mechanism; as, an ingenious model, or machine; an ingenious scheme, contrivance, etc. Thus men go wrong with an ingenious skill. --Cowper. 3. Witty; shrewd; adroit; keen; sagacious; as, an ingenious reply. 4. Mental; intellectual. [Obs.] A course of learning and ingenious studies. --Shak.