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   In·gen·u·ous

   /inˈjenyəwəs/

   

   adjective

   • 1. (of a person or action) innocent and unsuspecting: "he eyed her with wide, ingenuous eyes"

   Word Origin late 16th century: from Latin ingenuus literally ‘native, inborn’, from in- ‘into’ + an element related to gignere ‘beget’. The original sense was ‘noble, generous’, giving rise to ‘honourably straightforward, frank’, hence ‘innocently frank’ (late 17th century).

   Derivatives

   • 1. ingenuously adverb
   • 2. ingenuousness noun

   Scrabble Points: 10

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