Ingenuity Definition

ĭnjə-no͝oĭ-tē, -nyo͝o-
ingenuities
noun
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The quality of being ingenuous.
Webster's New World
The quality of being ingenious; cleverness, originality, skill, etc.
Webster's New World
An ingenious device, stratagem, etc.
Webster's New World
Ingenuousness.
American Heritage

The ability to solve difficult problems, often in original, clever, and inventive ways.

The pyramids demonstrate the ingenuity of the ancient Egyptians.
Poverty is the mother of ingenuity.
"Ingenuity is one of the characteristics of a beaver."
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Other Word Forms of Ingenuity

Noun

Singular:
ingenuity
Plural:
ingenuities

Origin of Ingenuity

  • Latin ingenuitās frankness (influenced by ingenious) from ingenuus ingenuous ingenuous

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin ingenuitās.

    From Wiktionary

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