ingeny

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Etymology

From Latin ingenium. See ingenious.

Noun

ingeny

  1. (obsolete) natural gift or talent; ability; wit; ingenuity
    • 1683, Richard Baxter, Dying Thoughts:
      it [God's mercy] chose me suitable company and habitation; it gave me betimes a teachable ingeny

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