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

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats