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English
Etymology
From Old French engignos. See ingenious.
Pronunciation
Adjective
enginous (comparative more enginous, superlative most enginous)
- (obsolete) Pertaining to an engine.
1607, Thomas Dekker, The Whore of Babylon:That one act gives, like an enginous wheel,
Motion to all.
- (obsolete) Contrived with care; ingenious.