Word of the Day:
ingenuity
What It Means
The ability to solve difficult problems in original, clever, and inventive ways; ingeniousness.
An ingenuous action or thought.
Ingenuousness; honesty, straightforwardness
The pyramids demonstrate the ingenuity of the ancient Egyptians.
Ingenuity in Context
“Virility is sustained, preserved, even recaptured, by man's ingenuities, by exotic foods and drinks, by rare herbal compounds, by fantastical manipulations, goetic periapts.”
Did You Know?
From Latin ingenuitās. Compare genius.
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