A course of learning and ingenious studies.
Shak.
In*gen"ious*ly (?), adv. In an ingenious manner; with ingenuity;
skillfully; wittily; cleverly.
"Too ingeniously politic."
Sir W. Temple.
In*gen"ious*ness, n. The quality or state of being ingenious;
ingenuity.
{ In*gen"ite, In*gen"it } (?), a. [L. ingenitus, p. p. of ingignere to
instill by birth or nature; pref. in- + gignere to beget.] Innate;
inborn; inbred; inherent; native; ingenerate. [Obs.]
It is natural or ingenite, which comes by some defect of the organs
and overmuch brain.
Burton.
In`ge*nu"i*ty (?), n. [L. ingenuitas ingenuousness: cf. F. ingénuité.
See Ingenuous.] 1. The quality or power of ready invention; quickness
or acuteness in forming new combinations; ingeniousness; skill in
devising or combining.
All the means which human ingenuity has contrived.
Blair.
2. Curiousness, or cleverness in design or contrivance; as, the
ingenuity of a plan, or of mechanism.
He gives . . . To artist ingenuity and skill.
Cowper.