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Ingeniousness

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in·gen·ious  (n-jnys)
adj.
1. Marked by inventive skill and imagination.
2. Having or arising from an inventive or cunning mind; clever: an ingenious scheme. See Synonyms at clever.
3. Obsolete Having genius; brilliant.

[Middle English, from Old French ingenios, from Latin ingenisus, from ingenium, inborn talent; see gen- in Indo-European roots.]

in·genious·ly adv.
in·genious·ness n.
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Noun1.Ingeniousness - the power of creative imaginationingeniousness - the power of creative imagination    
creative thinking, creativeness, creativity - the ability to create
resourcefulness, imagination, resource - the ability to deal resourcefully with unusual problems; "a man of resource"
2.ingeniousness - the property of being ingenious; "a plot of great ingenuity"; "the cleverness of its design"
high quality, superiority - the quality of being superior


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