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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024in•gen•u•ous /ɪnˈdʒɛnyuəs/USA pronunciation adj. - apparently sincere and truthful:That crook had the ingenuous eyes of a young schoolboy.
in•gen•u•ous•ly, adv. in•gen•u•ous•ness, n. [uncountable]See -gen-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024in•gen•u•ous (in jen′yo̅o̅ əs),USA pronunciation adj. - free from reserve, restraint, or dissimulation;
candid;
sincere. - artless;
innocent;
naive. - [Obs.]honorable or noble.
- Latin ingenuus native, free-born, honorable, frank, equivalent. to in- in-2 + gen- (base of gignere; see ingenious) + -uus deverbal adjective, adjectival suffix; see -ous
- 1590–1600
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged frank, straightforward, open.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged guileless.
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