ingeny

I1N1G2E1N1Y4

noun

natural gift or talent; ability; wit; ingenuity

OriginLatin ingenium →
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Meanings

noun

alternative ingenie

  1. obsoletenatural gift or talent; ability; wit; ingenuity

    it [God's mercy] chose me suitable company and habitation; it gave me betimes a teachable ingeny

    1683, Richard Baxter, Dying Thoughts

Origin

  1. Latiningenium
  2. Englishingeny

From Latin ingenium. See ingenious.

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