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ingenus

ingenus is the plural of ingenu.

Meaning of ingenu

Noun

ingenu (plural ingenus)

  1. (rare) An innocent, unsophisticated, naive, wholesome boy or young man.
    • Even a casual reader of the philosophic tale will have met, in the array of types on parade-an oft-repeated "naïf" (who was anything but naive), at least one famed "candide," and several "ingénus."1946 September, Dorothy M. McGhee, “The Conte Philosphique Evolves Its Solitaire”, in PMLA, volume 61, number 3, page 752
    Antonyms:
    homme fatal

Questions about ingenus

What is ingenus the plural of?
Ingenus is the plural of ingenu.

Words near ingenus in the dictionary

  1. ingenuity
  2. ingenuous
  3. ingenuously
  4. ingenuousness
  5. ingenuousnesses
  6. ingenus
  7. ingeny
  8. Inger
  9. Ingerland
  10. Ingerman
  11. ingerminate

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