English
warn|neologism
Pronunciation
in'j� n��'� tiv
Adjective
in-ge-nu-i-tive
- nonstandard Possessing ingenuity; ingenious.
Dictionary notes
Only found in joke or slang dictionaries. Not listed in the American Heritage Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, Cambridge, Bartleby, or the Oxford English Dictionary.
Quotations
1999 April 28, Eugene Chiaramonte, �The Auxer Group, Inc. Announces the Acquisition of Hardyston Distributors�, Business Wire, Business Wire Newswire
2003 June 1, Ben Connor, �Good Buddha & tzu: "middle-class wiggers from the underside". (Peer Reviewed Paper)�, Youth Studies Australia, Australian Clearing House for Youth Studies
2003 August, Sue Roaf, Ecohouse 2, page 377, Architectural Press
:The local building restrictions, and existing site conditions, ...are not available to allow for ingenuitive or passive design features
2004 November, Cristian Macavei, A Series of Robbing Thieves, page 180, Virtualbookworm Publishing
:The ingenuitive men soon found a large archway leading to the outside of the cave.
2006 February, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, The Yellow Wall-paper, page 111, Ohio University Press
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