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ingenuous
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[ɪnˈdʒɛnjʊəs], (Adjective)
Definitions:
- (of a person or action) innocent and unsuspecting
(e.g: he eyed her with wide, ingenuous eyes)
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Origin
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late 16th century: from Latin ingenuus literally ‘native, inborn’, from in- ‘into’ + an element related to gignere ‘beget’. The original sense was ‘noble, generous’, giving rise to ‘honourably straightforward, frank’, hence ‘innocently frank’ (late 17th century)
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