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9 Letter Words for Ingenuous
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Definitions for Ingenuous
[1] free from reserve, restraint, or dissimulation; candid; sincere.
[2] artless; innocent; naive.
[3] Obsolete . honorable or noble.
[4] naive, artless, or innocent
[5] candid; frank; straightforward
Words related to Ingenuous
artless, candid, childlike, frank, green, guileless, innocent, naive, natural, open, outspoken, plain, simple, sincere, square, straightforward, trusting, unaffected, unreserved, unschooled
Words nearby Ingenuous
ingeminate, ingenerate, ingenhousz, ingenious, ingenuity, ingenuous, ingerland, ingersoll, ingest, ingesta, ingestant
Origin of Ingenuous
1590–1600; < Latin ingenuus native, free-born, honorable, frank, equivalent to in- in-2 + gen- (base of gignere; see ingenious) + -uus deverbal adj. suffix; see -ous
Words that may be confused with Ingenuous
ingenious, ingenuous, (see, usage, note, at, ingenious)
Other words from Ingenuous
in·gen·u·ous·ly , adverb
in·gen·u·ous·ness , noun
half-in·gen·u·ous , adjective
half-in·gen·u·ous·ly , adverb
half-in·gen·u·ous·ness , noun
Word origin for Ingenuous
C16: from Latin ingenuus freeborn, worthy of a freeman, virtuous, from in- ² + -genuus, from gignere to beget
Synonyms for Ingenuous
artless, candid, childlike, frank, green, guileless, innocent, like a babe in the woods, naive, natural, open, outspoken, plain, simple, sincere, square, straightforward, trusting, unaffected, unartful, unartificial, undisguised, unreserved, unschooled, unsophisticated, unstudied, up front