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   In·ge·nu·i·ty

   /ˌinjəˈno͞oədē/

   

   noun

   • 1. the quality of being clever, original, and inventive: "considerable ingenuity must be employed in writing software"

   Word Origin late 16th century (also in the senses ‘nobility’ and ‘ingenuousness’): from Latin ingenuitas ‘ingenuousness’, from ingenuus ‘inborn’. The current meaning arose by confusion of ingenuous with ingenious.

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