Definition of INGENIOUS

ingenious

Meanings

Adjective Satellite

  • showing inventiveness and skill
    • "an ingenious solution to the problem"

Adj

  • Displaying genius or brilliance; inventive.
  • Characterized by genius; cleverly contrived or done.
  • Showing originality or sagacity; witty.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French ingénieux, from Old French engenious, from Latin ingeniōsus (“endowed with good natural capacity, gifted with genius”), from ingenium (“innate or natural quality, natural capacity, genius”), from in- (“in”) + gignere (“to produce”), Old Latin genere. See also engine.

Scrabble Score: 10

ingenious is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
ingenious is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
ingenious is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

ingenious is a valid Words With Friends word