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Ingenuity vs Ingenuitous - What's the difference?

ingenuity | ingenuitous |

As a noun ingenuity

is the ability to solve difficult problems, often in original, clever, and inventive ways.

As an adjective ingenuitous is

(colloquial|rare) having or displaying ingenuity.

ingenuity

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • The ability to solve difficult problems, often in original, clever, and inventive ways.
    • The pyramids demonstrate the ingenuity of the ancient Egyptians.
    Poverty is the mother of ingenuity .
    Ingenuity is one of the characteristics of a beaver.
  • Ingenuousness; honesty, straightforwardness.
  • *, II.17:
    • And therefore I apply my selfe to ingenuitie , and ever to speake truth and what I think.

    Related terms

    * ingenious * ingenuous

    See also

    * industriousness

    ingenuitous

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (colloquial, rare) Having or displaying ingenuity.
  • * 1887 December, “Frances H. P.”, under “Home Decoration and Fancy Needlework”, in Arthur’s Home Magazine , Volume 56, T. S. Arthur & Son, page 636:
    • I hope all who try to make easels will meet with success, as I did, but I fear all cannot hope to be cheered, as I was when mine was first exhibited, by the astonished and admiring exclamation of, “O-o-o my ! Isn’t'' it pretty? ''How ingenuitous you be! ”
    But never mind; doubtless it will be only because your friends have not sufficient command of pure English to express their unbounded admiration.
  • * 1997 December 16, "Kubla Khan" (username), " Re: Is it just me?", in alt.2600 and other newsgroups, Usenet :
    • Thus the reason why the hacker ethos is disappearing is simple: people are doing what they do in the real world here in cyberspace, and the fact is, there are far more petty vandals (wannabes) in the real world than brilliant, ingenuitous intellectuals (hackers).
  • * 1998 November 29, "andy r" (username), " Re: parental advisory, explicit...cabinet art? (har)", in rec.games.video.arcade.collecting, Usenet :
    • But I am sure there are some ingenuitous things here or there...
  • * 2002 August 27, "GLORIA HUERTA" (username), " 'Taco Stand'", in alt.food.mexican-cooking, Usenet :
    • Obviously, Mexicans are very ingenuitous , and adapt them as they see fit.