Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ingeny

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: in-ge-ny
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

natural gift or talent; ability; wit; ingenuity

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"it [God's mercy] chose me suitable company and habitation; it gave me betimes a teachable ingeny"

Etymology

From Latin ingenium. See ingenious.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: ingenium

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

ingenie (alternative)

Questions

What does ingeny mean?: natural gift or talent; ability; wit; ingenuity
Where does ingeny come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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