| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | in·gen·u·ous |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   n-j n y - s |
| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Lacking in cunning, guile, or worldliness; artless. 2. Openly straightforward or frank; candid. See synonyms at naive. 3. Obsolete Ingenious. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin ingenuus, honest, freeborn. See gen- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | in·genu·ous·ly —ADVERB
in·genu·ous·ness —NOUN
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