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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
ingenious /ɪnˈdʒiːnɪəs/

▶adjective clever, original, and inventive.

– derivatives
ingeniously adverb,
ingeniousness noun.

– origin ME: from Fr. ingénieux or L. ingeniosus, from ingenium ‘mind, intellect’; cf. engine.

'ingenious' also found in these Oxford entries:

bag - contrivance - cunning - elegant - engine - gizmo - ingenuity - pretty - quaint - shift - trick - tricksy

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Genius Ingenious
ingenious the effort
ingenious vs inventive
ingenious, if fraudulent
neat and ingenious
systematic and ingenious discrimination

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