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   ingenious

   /ɪnˈdʒiːnɪəs/

   adjective

   • 1. (of a person) clever, original, and inventive: "he was ingenious enough to overcome the limited budget"
   • ▪ (of a machine or idea) cleverly and originally devised and well suited to its purpose: "ingenious devices"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from French ingénieux or Latin ingeniosus, from ingenium ‘mind, intellect’; compare with engine.

   Derivatives

   • 1. ingeniousness noun

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