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111original — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. novel, unique; primary, initial; earliest, primal, aboriginal; creative, inventive. See beginning, imagination, unconformity, speciality.Ant., secondhand, plagiarized, later. II (Roget s IV) modif.… …
112inventive — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. creative, imaginative, resourceful, innovative; see artistic 2 , clever 1 , original 2 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. creative, ingenious, imaginative, resourceful, artistic, gifted, *brainy, visionary, clever,… …
113creative — adjective our students are encouraged to be creative Syn: inventive, imaginative, innovative, experimental, original; artistic, expressive, inspired, visionary; enterprising, resourceful •• creative, inventive, original, resourceful, imaginative …
114κομψοπρεπῆ — κομψοπρεπής ingenious seeming neut nom/voc/acc pl (attic epic doric) κομψοπρεπής ingenious seeming masc/fem/neut nom/voc/acc dual (doric aeolic) κομψοπρεπής ingenious seeming masc/fem acc sg (attic epic doric) …
115clever — [klev′ər] adj. [ME cliver, prob. < EFris klüfer or Norw dial klöver, ready, skillful; ? infl. by OE clifer, claw, hand, in the sense, “adroit with the hand”: for the latter sense development, see ADROIT, DEXTEROUS] 1. skillful in doing… …
116ingenuity — [in΄jə no͞o′ə tē, in΄jənyo͞o′ə tē] n. [L ingenuitas < ingenuus (see INGENUOUS): INGENUITY sense 1 infl. by assoc. with INGENIOUS] 1. Obs. the quality of being ingenuous 2. the quality of being ingenious; cleverness, originality, skill, etc. 3 …
117cleverness — noun 1. the power of creative imagination (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑inventiveness, ↑ingeniousness, ↑ingenuity • Derivationally related forms: ↑ingenious (for: ↑ingenuity), ↑ …
118ingeniousness — noun 1. the power of creative imagination • Syn: ↑inventiveness, ↑ingenuity, ↑cleverness • Derivationally related forms: ↑ingenious (for: ↑ingenuity), ↑inventive …
119enginous — adjective Etymology: Middle English enginous, from Middle French engigneus, from Latin ingeniosus ingenious, talented more at ingenious obsolete : contrived with care : ingenious, crafty …
120clev´er|ness — clev|er «KLEHV uhr», adjective. 1. having a quick mind; bright; intelligent: »She is the cleverest person in our family. 2. skillful in doing some particular thing: »He is a very clever carpenter. SYNONYM(S): dexterous, deft, adroit. 3. showing… …
