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 [ˌɪndʒɪˈnjuːɪtɪ]

n pl -ties

1. inventive talent; cleverness

2. an ingenious device, act, etc.

3. Archaic frankness; candour

[from Latin ingenuitās a freeborn condition, outlook consistent with such a condition, from ingenuus native, freeborn (see ingenuous); 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 This task is difficult and may require some ingenuity.
incompetence, ineptitude, dullness, clumsiness, ineptness

Translations

ingenuity [ˌɪndʒɪˈnjuːɪtɪ] N [of person] → ingenio m, inventiva f; [of idea, scheme] → lo ingenioso

ingenuity [ˌɪndʒəˈnjuːɪti] n → ingéniosité f
ingenuity in doing sth → l'ingéniosité dont on fait preuve pour faire qch
his ingenuity in finding new ways to make money → l'ingéniosité dont il fait preuve pour trouver de nouveaux moyens de faire de l'argent

ingenuity

n → Genialität f; (of person also) → Einfallsreichtum m, → Findigkeit f; (of idea, method also) → Brillanz f; (of device, instrument also) → Raffiniertheit f

ingenuity [ˌɪndʒɪˈnjuːɪtɪ] n → ingegnosità

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ingenuity [ˌɪndʒɪˈnjuːɪtɪ] n → ingegnosità