Associations to the word «Ingenuous»
Wiktionary
INGENUOUS, adjective. Naive and trusting.
INGENUOUS, adjective. Demonstrating childlike simplicity.
INGENUOUS, adjective. Unsophisticated; simple.
INGENUOUS, adjective. Unable to mask one's feelings.
INGENUOUS, adjective. Straightforward, candid, open, and frank.
Dictionary definition
INGENUOUS, adjective. Characterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not devious; "an ingenuous admission of responsibility".
INGENUOUS, adjective. 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".
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.