English-Thai Dictionary

ingenuity

N ความเฉลียวฉลาด  inventiveness cleverness resourcefulness stupidity kwam-cha-lie-cha-lad

 

ingenuous

ADJ บริสุทธิ์ใจ  ซึ่ง ไร้เดียงสา  frank innocent straightforward suspicious bo-ri-sud-jai

 

ingenuously

ADV อย่าง บริสุทธิ์ใจ  frankly sincerely sweetly naively yang-bo-ri-sud-jai

 

ingenuousness

N ความบริสุทธิ์ใจ  frankness sincerity innocence kwam-bo-ri-sud-jai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

INGENUITY

n.The quality or power of ready invention; quickness or acuteness in combining ideas, or in forming new combinations; ingeniousness; skill; used of persons. How many machines for saving labor has the ingenuity of men devised and constructed. 1. Curiousness in design, the effect of ingenuity; as the ingenuity of a plan or of mechanism.
2. Openness of heart; fairness; candor. [This sense of the word was formerly common, and is found in good authors down to the age of Locke, and even later; but it is now wholly obsolete. In lieu of it, ingenousness is used. ]

 

INGENUOUS

a.[L. ingenuus.] Open; frank; fair; candid; free from reserve, disguise, equivocation or dissimulation; used of persons or things. We speak of an ingenuous mind; an ingenuous man; an ingenuous declaration or confession. 1. Noble; generous; as an ingenuous ardor or zeal; ingenuous detestation of falsehood.
2. Of honorable extraction; freeborn; as ingenuous blood or birth.

 

INGENUOUSLY

adv. Openly; fairly; candidly; without reserve or dissimulation.

 

INGENUOUSNESS

n.Openness of heart; frankness; fairness; freedom from reserve or dissimulation; as, to confess our faults with ingenuousness. 1. Fairness; candidness; as the ingenuousness of a confession.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

INGENUE

INGENUE In `gé `nue " (aN `zhay `nus "), n.; pl. -nues (#). [F., fem. of ingénu ingenious. ]

 

Defn: An ingenuous or naïve girl or young woman, or an actress representing such a person.

 

INGENUITY

In `ge *nu "i *ty, n. Etym: [L. ingenuitas ingenuousness: cf. F.ingénuité. See Ingenuous. ]

 

1. The quality or power of ready invention; quickness or acuteness in forming new combinations; ingeniousness; skill in devising or combining. All the means which human ingenuity has contrived. Blair.

 

2. Curiousness, or cleverness in design or contrivance; as, the ingenuity of a plan, or of mechanism. He gives. .. To artist ingenuity and skill. Cowper.

 

3. Openness of heat; ingeniuousness. [Obs. ] The stings and remores of natural ingenuity, a principle that men scarcely ever shake off, as long as they carry anything of human nature about them. South.

 

Syn. -- Inventiveness; ingeniousness; skill; cunning; cleverness; genius. -- Ingenuity, Cleverness. Ingenuity is a form of genius, and cleverness of talent. The former implies invention, the letter a peculiar dexterity and readiness of execution. Sir James Mackintosh remarks that the English overdo in the use of the word clever and cleverness, applying them loosely to almost every form of intellectual ability.

 

INGENUOUS

In *gen "u *ous, a. Etym: [L. ingenuus inborn, innate, freeborn, noble, frank; pref. in- in + the root of gignere to beget. See Genius, and cf. Ingenious. ]

 

1. Of honorable extraction; freeborn; noble; as, ingenuous blood of birth.

 

2. Noble; generous; magnanimous; honorable; uprigth; high-minded; as, an ingenuous ardor or zeal. If an ingenuous detestation of falsehood be but carefully and early instilled, that is the true and genuin method to obviate dishonesty. Locke.

 

3. Free from reserve, disguise, equivocation, or dissimulation; open; frank; sa, an ingenuous man; an ingenuous declaration, confession, etc. Sensible in myself. .. what a burden it is for me, who would be ingenuous, to be loaded with courtesies which he hath not the least hope to requite or deserve. Fuller.

 

4. Ingenious. [Obs. ] Shak.

 

Note: (Formerly ) printers did not discriminate between. .. ingenuous and ingenious, and these words were used or rather printed interchangeably almost to the begining of the eighteenth century. G. P. Marsh.

 

Syn. -- Open; frank; unreserved; artless; plain; sincere; candid; fair; noble; generous. -- Ingenuous, Open, Frank. One who is open speaks out at once what is uppermost in his mind; one who is frank does it from a natural boldness, or dislike of self-restraint; one who is ingenuous is actuated by a native simplicity and artlessness, which make him willing to confess faults, and make known his sentiments without reserve. See Candid.

 

INGENUOUSLY

INGENUOUSLY In *gen "u *ous *ly, adv.

 

Defn: In an ingenuous manner; openly; fairly; candidly; artlessly. Being required to explane himself, he ingeniously confessed. Ludlow.

 

INGENUOUSNESS

INGENUOUSNESS In *gen "u *ous *ness, n.

 

1. The state or quality of being ingenuous; openness of heart; frankness.

 

2. Ingenuity. [Obs. ] Fuller.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

ingénue

in gé nue |ˈanjəˌno͞o, ˈänZH -ˌænʤəˈnu | ▶noun an innocent or unsophisticated young woman. • a part of this type in a play. • an actress who plays such a part. ORIGIN French, feminine of ingénu ‘ingenuous, ’ from Latin ingenuus (see ingenuous ).

 

ingenuity

in ge nu i ty |ˌinjəˈn (y )o͞oitē ˌɪnʤəˈn (j )uədi | ▶noun the quality of being clever, original, and inventive. ORIGIN late 16th cent. (also in the senses ‘nobility ’ and ‘ingenuousness ’): from Latin ingenuitas ‘ingenuousness, ’ from ingenuus ‘inborn. ’ The current meaning arose by confusion of ingenuous with ingenious .

 

ingenuous

in gen u ous |inˈjenyo͞oəs ɪnˈenjuəs | ▶adjective (of a person or action ) innocent and unsuspecting. DERIVATIVES in gen u ous ly adverb, in gen u ous ness noun ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from Latin ingenuus, literally ‘native, inborn, ’ from in- ‘into ’ + an element related to gignere ‘beget. ’ The original sense was ‘noble, generous, ’ giving rise to ‘honorably straightforward, frank, ’ hence ‘innocently frank ’ (late 17th cent ). usage: On the difference between ingenuous and ingenious, see usage at ingenious .

 

Oxford Dictionary

ingénue

ingénue |ˈãʒən (j )uː | ▶noun an innocent or unsophisticated young woman. ORIGIN French, feminine of ingénu ‘ingenuous ’, from Latin ingenuus (see ingenuous ).

 

ingenuity

ingenuity |ˌɪndʒɪˈnjuːɪti | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the quality of being clever, original, and inventive. ORIGIN late 16th cent. (also in the senses ‘nobility ’ and ‘ingenuousness ’): from Latin ingenuitas ‘ingenuousness ’, from ingenuus ‘inborn ’. The current meaning arose by confusion of ingenuous with ingenious .

 

ingenuous

ingenuous |ɪnˈdʒɛnjʊəs | ▶adjective (of a person or action ) innocent and unsuspecting. DERIVATIVES ingenuously adverb, ingenuousness noun ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from Latin ingenuus literally ‘native, inborn ’, from in- ‘into ’ + an element related to gignere ‘beget ’. The original sense was ‘noble, generous ’, giving rise to ‘honourably straightforward, frank ’, hence ‘innocently frank ’ (late 17th cent. ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

ingenuity

ingenuity noun the boundless ingenuity of da Vinci: inventiveness, creativity, imagination, innovation, enterprise, insight, perception, perceptiveness, intuition, inspiration; finesse, flair, artistry; genius, intelligence, cleverness, brilliance; talent, skill, mastery; acumen, astuteness, sharpness, shrewdness; informal thinking outside the box.

 

ingenuous

ingenuous adjective she had never before met a grown man so ingenuous: naive, innocent, simple, childlike, trusting, unwary; unsuspicious, unworldly, wide-eyed, inexperienced, green; open, sincere, honest, frank, candid, forthright, artless, guileless, genuine, upfront. ANTONYMS artful. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD See gullible . These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

ingenuity

ingenuity noun considerable ingenuity must be employed in writing software: inventiveness, creativity, imagination, originality, innovation, resourcefulness, enterprise, insight, inspiration, perceptiveness, perception, intuition, flair, finesse, artistry, genius; cleverness, intelligence, brilliance, mastery, talent, skill; sharpness, astuteness, acumen, acuity, sharp-wittedness, quick-wittedness, quickness, shrewdness; sophistication; informal thinking outside the box.

 

ingenuous

ingenuous adjective he looked at her with wide, ingenuous eyes: naive, innocent, simple, childlike, trusting, trustful, over-trusting, unwary, unsuspicious, unguarded, unsceptical, uncritical, unworldly, wide-eyed, inexperienced, green; open, sincere, honest, frank, candid, undeceitful; direct, forthright, artless, guileless, genuine, unaffected, unstudied, unsophisticated. ANTONYMS disingenuous; artful. EASILY CONFUSED WORDS ingenuous or disingenuous? Although ingenuous is sometimes used as though it meant disingenuous, the words are almost opposite in meaning. Ingenuous means ‘innocent, unsuspecting, and straightforward ’ (his love for her was plain on his ingenuous face ). Disingenuous, on the other hand, means ‘dishonest and devious ’, often suggesting that someone is concealing something (the Minister's argument is disingenuous ). The confusion may be due partly to the similarity between ingenuous and ingenious, the idea being that concealment and insincerity call for clever planning. These notes clear up confusion between similar-looking pairs.CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD ingenuous, naive, artless See naive . These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.

 

Duden Dictionary

Ingenuität

In ge nu i tät Substantiv, feminin , die |Ingenuit ä t |die Ingenuität; Genitiv: der Ingenuität 1 Geschichte Stand eines Freigeborenen, Freiheit 2 veraltet Freimut, Offenheit, Natürlichkeit im Benehmen

 

French Dictionary

ingénu

ingénu , ue adj. et n. f. adjectif Candide. : Un sourire ingénu. SYNONYME innocent ; naïf ; simple ; sincère . nom féminin Rôle de jeune fille naïve. : J ’ai lu L ’Ingénue libertine, un roman de Colette.

 

ingénuité

ingénuité n. f. nom féminin Candeur. : L ’ingénuité d ’une fillette.

 

ingénument

ingénument adv. adverbe De façon ingénue. : Décrire une situation ingénument. SYNONYME candidement . Note Orthographique ingé nu ment.

 

Spanish Dictionary

ingenuidad

ingenuidad nombre femenino 1 Cualidad de ingenuo :la ingenuidad de sus argumentaciones; actuar con ingenuidad .2 Acción ingenua :es una ingenuidad que te creas esta tontería .

 

ingenuo, -nua

ingenuo, -nua adjetivo /nombre masculino y femenino 1 [persona ] Que es sincero, candoroso y sin doblez y actúa sin tener en cuenta la posible maldad de una persona o la complejidad de una situación :sus ingenuos votantes y los que no lo son, se han enterado por la prensa de que sus promesas han sido burladas una vez más; a veces tenemos la sensación de que caminamos por un mundo de ingenuos, sin un ápice de picardía para darnos cuenta de que no siempre las cosas y las personas son como nos las representamos .2 adjetivo Que implica o denota ingenuidad :su cara tiene una bella e ingenua expresión estúpida .3 adjetivo /nombre masculino y femenino [persona ] Que nació libre y no perdió su libertad :la figura del siervo se opone a la del ingenuo .4 nombre femenino Actriz que representa el tipo teatral de mujer ingenua . VÉASE realismo ingenuo . ETIMOLOGÍA Préstamo (s. xvii ) del latín ingenuus ‘nacido en el país ’, ‘nacido libre ’, ‘noble, generoso ’, de donde ‘cándido ’ por desarrollo de significado peyorativo. De la familia etimológica de engendrar (V.).

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

ingenue

in g é nue /ǽn (d )ʒənùː |ǽnʒənjùː /〖＜フランス 〗名詞 C 〖通例単数形で 〗純真な娘 (を演じる女優 ).

 

ingenuity

in ge nu i ty /ɪ̀n (d )ʒən j úːəti /名詞 複 -ties /-z /1 U 創意, 工夫, 巧妙 .2 C 〖通例 -ties 〗巧妙な工夫, 発明 [品 ].

 

ingenuous

in gen u ous /ɪndʒénjuəs /形容詞 ｟かたく ｠1 〈人が 〉純真な, 無邪気な, 経験の浅い .2 〈人が 〉率直な, 飾り気のない .～ly 副詞 ～ness 名詞