ingenuity

in·ge·nu·i·ty  (nj-n-t, -ny-)

n. pl. in·ge·nu·i·ties

1. Inventive skill or imagination; cleverness.

2. Imaginative and clever design or construction: a narrative plot of great ingenuity.

3. An ingenious or imaginative contrivance.

4. Obsolete Ingenuousness.

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[Latin ingenuits, frankness (influenced by ingenious), from ingenuus, ingenuous; see ingenuous.]

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ingenuity [in-jen-new-it-ee]

Noun

cleverness at inventing things [Latin ingenuitas a freeborn condition; meaning influenced by ingenious]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	ingenuity - the power of creative imagination     cleverness, ingeniousness, inventiveness creative thinking, creativeness, creativity - the ability to create resourcefulness, imagination, resource - the ability to deal resourcefully with unusual problems; "a man of resource"
	2.	ingenuity - the property of being ingenious; "a plot of great ingenuity"; "the cleverness of its design" ingeniousness, cleverness high quality, superiority - the quality of being superior

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ingenuity

noun originality, genius, inventiveness, skill, gift, faculty, flair, knack, sharpness, cleverness, resourcefulness, shrewdness, adroitness, ingeniousness << OPPOSITE dullness

Translations

ingenuity [ɪndʒɪˈnjuːɪtɪ] n → ingeniosidad f

ingenuity [ɪndʒɪˈnjuːɪtɪ] n → ingéniosité f

ingenuity [ɪndʒɪˈnjuːɪtɪ] ingenious n → Einfallsreichtum m;

(skill) → Geschicklichkeit f

ingenuity [ɪndʒɪˈnjuːɪtɪ] n → ingegnosità