单词 | ingeniousness |
释义 | ingeniousnessn. 1. The quality of being ingenious; cleverness, ingenuity. ΘΚΠ 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 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 253v With great ingeniousnesse and inestimable pacience, these nations haue ouercome much greater difficulties. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) i. 79 He shewed as little Ingenuity as Ingeniousnesse, who Cavilled at the Map of Grecia for imperfect, because his Fathers house in Athens was not represented therein. 1679 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Reformation: 1st Pt. 326 The Bishops, wondering at the Ingeniousness and diligence of so poor a man. 1836 Random Recoll. Ho. Lords viii. 148 The ingeniousness of his arguments. 1885 Academy 22 Aug. 119/3 The paper, however, is well worth reading, owing to its perverse ingeniousness. ΚΠ 1665 R. Boyle Occas. Refl. v. ix. sig. Mm1 The greater appearance of Ingeniousness, as well as Innocence, there is in the practice I am disapproving, the more dangerous it is. 1754 J. Hanway Hist. Acct. Brit. Trade Caspian Sea (ed. 2) II. xiii. vii. 324 The air with which Osman delivered himself, and the seeming ingeniousness [1753 ingenuousness]..wrought..an effect upon Arnaud. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1555 |
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