ingenuous
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yu adjective
1.
free from reserve, restraint, or dissimulation; candid; sincere.
2.
artless; innocent; naive.
3.
Obsolete. honorable or noble.
Origin:
1590–1600; < Latin ingenuus native, free-born, honorable, frank, equivalent to in- in-2 + gen- (base of gignere; see ingenious) + -uus deverbal adj. suffix; see -ous
1590–1600; < Latin ingenuus native, free-born, honorable, frank, equivalent to in- in-2 + gen- (base of gignere; see ingenious) + -uus deverbal adj. suffix; see -ous
Related forms
in·gen·u·ous·ly, adverb
in·gen·u·ous·ness, noun
half-in·gen·u·ous, adjective
half-in·gen·u·ous·ly, adverb
half-in·gen·u·ous·ness, noun
Synonyms
1. frank, straightforward, open. 2. guileless.
1. frank, straightforward, open. 2. guileless.
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| —adj | |
| 1. | naive, artless, or innocent |
| 2. | candid; frank; straightforward |
| [C16: from Latin ingenuus freeborn, worthy of a freeman, virtuous, from | |
| in'genuously | |
| —adv | |
| in'genuousness | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
ingenuous
1598, from L. ingenuus "with the virtues of freeborn people, of noble character, frank," originally "native, freeborn," from in- "in" + gen-, root of gignere "beget, produce" (see genus). Sense of "artless, innocent" is 1673, from notion of "honorably straightforward."
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Example sentences
The claim is perhaps cagily ingenuous, by a writer often accused of being too cerebral and cool-hearted.
In some of their protests that they cannot change laws, agencies are being ingenuous.
Everyone was flexible and ingenuous and looked for ways to keep things going.
It is impossible not to accept it in the ingenuous spirit in which it was fabricated.
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