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enginous

/ˈɛnd͡ʒɪnəs/

enginous adjective: pertaining to an engine.

Adjective

enginous (comparative more enginous, superlative most enginous)

  1. (obsolete) Pertaining to an engine.
    • That one act gives, like an enginous wheel,
      Motion to all.1607, Thomas Dekker, The Whore of Babylon
  2. (obsolete) Contrived with care; ingenious.
    • the mark of all their enginous drifts1600 (first performance), Beniamin Ionson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Cynthias Reuels, or The Fountayne of Selfe-Loue. […]”, in The Workes of Beniamin Ionson (First Folio), London: […] Will[iam] Stansby...

Forms of enginous

comparativemore enginous
superlativemost enginous

Origin of enginous

From Old French engignos. See ingenious.

Questions about enginous

What does enginous mean?
Enginous means pertaining to an engine.
What part of speech is enginous?
Enginous is an adjective.
How do you pronounce enginous?
Enginous is pronounced /ˈɛnd͡ʒɪnəs/.

Words near enginous in the dictionary

  1. enginery
  2. engines
  3. enginewright
  4. enginewrights
  5. engining
  6. enginous
  7. enginrie
  8. enginries
  9. engins
  10. engird
  11. engirded

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