Meanings
adjectiveenginous (comparative more enginous, superlative most enginous)
comparative more enginous · superlative most enginous
- obsoletePertaining to an engine.
That one act gives, like an enginous wheel, Motion to all.
1607, Thomas Dekker, The Whore of Babylon - obsoleteContrived with care; ingenious.
the mark of all their enginous drifts
1600 (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, published 1616, →OCLC
Origin
- Old Frenchengignos
- Englishenginous
From Old French engignos. See ingenious.
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