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1. (adj.) ingenuous
free from reserve, restraint, or dissimulation.
2. ingenuous
artless; innocent; naive.
3. ingenuous
Obs. honorable or noble.
Etymology: (1590–1600; < L ingenuus native, honorable, frank)
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1. (adj) ingenuous, artless
characterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not devious
"an ingenuous admission of responsibility"
2. (adj) innocent, ingenuous
lacking in sophistication or worldliness
"a child's innocent stare"; "his ingenuous explanation that he would not have burned the church if he had not thought the bishop was in it"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) ingenuous
of honorable extraction; freeborn; noble; as, ingenuous blood of birth
2. (adj) ingenuous
noble; generous; magnanimous; honorable; upright; high-minded; as, an ingenuous ardor or zeal
3. (adj) ingenuous
free from reserve, disguise, equivocation, or dissimulation; open; frank; as, an ingenuous man; an ingenuous declaration, confession, etc
4. (adj) ingenuous
ingenious
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