ingenuous
11ingenuous — See ingenious, ingenuous, naïve …
12ingenuous — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. artless, naive, simple; candid, frank, open; trusting, unsuspecting. See simpleness. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Frank] Syn. open, candid, straightforward, undisguised; see frank . 2. [Simple] Syn.… …
13ingenuous — in|gen|u|ous [ınˈdʒenjuəs] adj [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: ingenuus born, free born, honest , from gignere to produce children ] an ingenuous person is simple, trusting, and honest, especially because they have not had much experience of… …
14ingenuous — in|gen|u|ous [ ın dʒenjuəs ] adjective someone who is ingenuous believes everything that people tell them, especially because they have not had much experience of life …
15ingenuous — [16] Etymologically, ingenuous means ‘inborn’. English acquired it from Latin ingenuus, which was composed of the prefix inand the element *gen , denoting ‘production, birth’. This was originally used for ‘born in a particular place, native, not… …
16ingenuous — adjective she had never before met a grown man so ingenuous Syn: naive, innocent, simple, childlike, trusting, unwary; unsuspicious, unworldly, wide eyed, inexperienced, green; open, sincere, honest, frank, candid, forthright, artless …
17ingenuous — UK [ɪnˈdʒenjuəs] / US adjective someone who is ingenuous believes everything that people tell them, especially because they have not had much experience of life …
18ingenuous — [16] Etymologically, ingenuous means ‘inborn’. English acquired it from Latin ingenuus, which was composed of the prefix inand the element *gen , denoting ‘production, birth’. This was originally used for ‘born in a particular place, native, not… …
19ingenuous — ingenuously, adv. ingenuousness, n. /in jen yooh euhs/, adj. 1. free from reserve, restraint, or dissimulation; candid; sincere. 2. artless; innocent; naive. 3. Obs. honorable or noble. [1590 1600; < L ingenuus native, free born, honorable, frank …
20ingenuous — adjective /ɪnˈdʒɛn.ju.əs/ a) naïve and trusting b) demonstrating childlike simplicity Ant: disingenuous …
