Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - ingenuous
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If you describe someone as ingenuous, you mean that they are innocent, trusting, and honest. (FORMAL) He seemed too ingenuous for a reporter... ? disingenuous ADJ • ingenuously Somewhat ingenuously, he explains how the crime may be accomplished... ADV: ADV with v, ADV adj ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. adjective Etymology: by alteration Date: 1588 obsolete ingenious II. adjective Etymology: Latin ingenuus native, freeborn, from in- + gignere to beget — more at kin Date: 1588 1. obsolete noble, honorable 2. a. showing innocent or childlike simplicity and candidness her ~ thirst for experience — Christopher Rawson b. lacking craft or subtlety ~ in their brutality Synonyms: see natural • ~ly adverb • ~ness noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj. 1 innocent; artless. 2 open; frank. Derivatives ingenuously adv. ingenuousness n. Etymology: L ingenuus free-born, frank (as IN-(2), root of gignere beget) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. искренний, чистосердечный; прямой, откровенный ingenuous smile —- искренняя улыбка 2. бесхитростный, простой, простодушный, наивный ingenuous face —- открытое лицо ingenuous child —- простодушный (наивный) ребенок ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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- 1598, from L. ingenuus "with the virtues of freeborn people, of noble character, frank," originally "native, freeborn," from in- "in" + gen-, root of gignere "beget, produce." Sense of "artless, innocent" is 17c., from notion of "honorably straightforward." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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