ingenite

I1N1G2E1N1I1T1E1

adjective

Innate, inborn.

OriginLatin ingenitus →
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Meanings

adjectiveingenite (comparative more ingenite, superlative most ingenite)

comparative more ingenite · superlative most ingenite · alternative ingenit

  1. obsoleteInnate, inborn.

    If it be distinguished from them, it is natural or ingenite, which comes by some defect of the organs, and overmuch brain […]

    1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy, New York: New York Review Books, published 2001, →ISBN, page 139

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
congenitalconnateconnaturalinnateintrinsicnaturalunlearned

Origin

  1. Latiningenitus
  2. Englishingenite

From Latin ingenitus.

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