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engenious

engenious is the obsolete spelling of ingenious.

Meaning of ingenious

Adjective

ingenious (comparative more ingenious, superlative most ingenious)

  1. Of a person, displaying genius, ingenuity or brilliance; inventive.
    • This fellow is ingenious; he fixed a problem I didn’t even know I had.
  2. Of a thing, characterized by genius; cleverly contrived or done.
    • That is an ingenious model of the atom.
    Synonyms:
    artful
  3. Showing originality or sagacity; characterized by ingenuity; witty.
    • He sent me an ingenious reply to an email.

Forms of engenious

comparativemore engenious
superlativemost engenious

Questions about engenious

What is engenious the obsolete spelling of?
Engenious is the obsolete spelling of ingenious.

Words near engenious in the dictionary

  1. engenderment
  2. engenders
  3. engendre
  4. engenho
  5. engenhos
  6. engenious
  7. Engens
  8. Engerland
  9. Engert
  10. Engerts
  11. Enges

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Adapted from Wiktionary: engenious (page history and authors); ingenious (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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