Associations to the word «Ingenuity»

Wiktionary

INGENUITY, noun. The ability to solve difficult problems, often in original, clever, and inventive ways.
INGENUITY, noun. (now rare) Ingenuousness; honesty, straightforwardness.

Dictionary definition

INGENUITY, noun. The power of creative imagination.
INGENUITY, noun. The property of being ingenious; "a plot of great ingenuity"; "the cleverness of its design".

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky