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Italian
Adjective
ingenioso (feminine ingeniosa, masculine plural ingeniosi, feminine plural ingeniose)
- (archaic) ingenious
Latin
Adjective
ingeniōsō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of ingeniōsus
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin ingeniōsus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /inxeˈnjoso/
- Rhymes: -oso
- Syllabification: in‧ge‧nio‧so
Adjective
ingenioso (feminine ingeniosa, masculine plural ingeniosos, feminine plural ingeniosas)
- ingenious, resourceful, artful, clever, inventive
- witty, quick-witted
- nifty, crafty, neat, slick, clever
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