ingenuitous

ingenuitous adjective: having or displaying ingenuity.

Adjective

ingenuitous (comparative more ingenuitous, superlative most ingenuitous)

(colloquial, rare) Having or displaying ingenuity.
- I hope all who try to make easels will meet with success, as I did, but I fear all cannot hope to be cheered, as I was when mine was first exhibited, by the astonished and admiring exclamation of, “O-o-o my ! Isn’t it pretty? How ingenuitous you be!”
  But never mind; doubtless it will be only...1887 December, “Frances H. P.”, under “Home Decoration and Fancy Needlework”, in Arthur’s Home Magazine, Volume 56, T. S. Arthur & Son, page 636
- Thus the reason why the hacker ethos is disappearing is simple: people are doing what they do in the real world here in cyberspace, and the fact is, there are far more petty vandals (wannabes) in the real world than brilliant, ingenuitous intellectuals (hackers).1997 December 16, "Kubla Khan" (username), "Re: Is it just me?", in alt.2600 and other newsgroups, Usenet

But I am sure there are some ingenuitous things here or there...1998 November 29, andy r, “Re: parental advisory, explicit...cabinet art? (har)”, in rec.games.video.arcade.collecting (Usenet):
Obviously, Mexicans are very ingenuitous, and adapt them as they see fit.2002 August 27, GLORIA HUERTA, “'Taco Stand'”, in alt.food.mexican-cooking (Usenet):

comparative	more ingenuitous
superlative	most ingenuitous

What does ingenuitous mean?: Ingenuitous means having or displaying ingenuity.
How do you use ingenuitous in a sentence?: But I am sure there are some ingenuitous things here or there...
What part of speech is ingenuitous?: Ingenuitous is an adjective.

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