Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Ingenious; inventive; mechanical.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Pertaining to an engine.
- adjective obsolete Contrived with care; ingenious.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective obsolete Pertaining to an
engine . - adjective obsolete Contrived with care;
ingenious .
Etymologies
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Old French engignos. See ingenious.
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Chapman has the form "enginous" in his translation of the Odyssey, i.
The Works of Christopher Marlowe, Vol. 3 (of 3) Christopher Marlowe 1578
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