ingeniosityn.
/ɪndʒiːnɪˈɒsɪti/ Now Obsolete or rare.
The quality of being ingenious; ingenuity.
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the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > [noun]
i-witc888
anyitOE
understandinga1050
ferec1175
skillwisenessa1200
quaintisec1300
brainc1325
cunning1340
reder1340
cunningnessa1400
sentencec1400
intelligence?1435
speculation1471
ingeny1474
cunningheadc1475
capacity1485
pregnancyc1487
dexterity1527
pregnance?1533
shift1542
wittiness1543
ingeniousness1555
conceitedness1576
pate1598
conceit1604
ingeniosity1607
dexterousness1622
talent1622
ingenuousness1628
solertiousnessa1649
ingenuity1651
partedness1654
brightness1655
solerty1656
prettiness1674
long head1694
long lega1705
cleverness1755
smartness1800
cleverality1828
brain power1832
knowledgeability1834
braininess1876
cerebrality1901
the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [noun] > skill or art > inventive or constructive skill
ginc1175
compassc1320
witc1325
enginec1330
devicec1400
engininga1450
artifice1540
imaginea1550
ingeniousness1555
ingeniosity1607
ingenuousness1628
ingenuity1649
contrivance1659
artfulness1670
contrivancy1877
devicefulness1894
1607 T. Walkington Optick Glasse 47 Luciane and Juliane, whose very image[s] are to be had in hie repute, for their ingeniosity.
1652 P. Heylyn Cosmographie iv. ii. sig. Rrrr2 Besides their own natural ingeniosities, they have since learned the Civilities and Arts of Europe.
1678 R. Cudworth tr. Cicero in True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. v. 681 Nature..whose Cunning and Ingeniosity, no Art or Human, Opificer can possibly reach to by Imitation.
1891 Sat. Rev. 8 Aug. 164/2 The distortion of proverbs. Balzac's painters, Schinner and Joseph Bridau, quite gave themselves up to this ingeniosity, for it grows upon one.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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