ingenious
very clever, creative
TRANSLATION
ingenious = ausgeklügelt, erfinderisch, erfindungsreich, geistreich, genial, raffiniert LEO
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Joe E. Lewis once proposed an ingenious test of drunkenness. "A man is never drunk if he can lay on the floor," Lewis explained, "without holding on."
Lewis, Joe E. (1902-1971) American nightclub entertainer
Lewis, Joe E. (1902-1971) American nightclub entertainer
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in-gen-ious
adjective
1. Marked by inventive skill and imagination.
2. Having or arising from an inventive or cunning mind; clever: an ingenious scheme.
Middle English, from Old French ingenios, from Latin ingeniosus, from ingenium, inborn talent.
Synonyms
clever, ingenious, shrewd refer to mental adroitness or to practical ingenuity and skill.
CLEVER is the most comprehensive: “Everybody's family doctor was remarkably clever, and was understood to have immeasurable skill in the management and training of the most skittish or vicious diseases” (George Eliot).
INGENIOUS implies originality and inventiveness: “an ingenious solution to the storage problem” (Linda Greider).
SHREWD emphasizes mental astuteness and practical understanding: “a woman of shrewd intellect” (Leslie Stephen).
Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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adjective
1. Marked by inventive skill and imagination.
2. Having or arising from an inventive or cunning mind; clever: an ingenious scheme.
Middle English, from Old French ingenios, from Latin ingeniosus, from ingenium, inborn talent.
Synonyms
clever, ingenious, shrewd refer to mental adroitness or to practical ingenuity and skill.
CLEVER is the most comprehensive: “Everybody's family doctor was remarkably clever, and was understood to have immeasurable skill in the management and training of the most skittish or vicious diseases” (George Eliot).
INGENIOUS implies originality and inventiveness: “an ingenious solution to the storage problem” (Linda Greider).
SHREWD emphasizes mental astuteness and practical understanding: “a woman of shrewd intellect” (Leslie Stephen).
Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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