Ingenious /(?)/

In·gen·ious

Ingenious

a.
  1. Possessed of genius, or the faculty of invention; skillful or promp to invent; having an aptitude to contrive, or to form new combinations; as, an ingenious author, mechanic.
    A man . . . very wise and ingenious in feats of war.
    — Hakluyt.
    Thou, king, send out For torturers ingenious.
    The more ingenious men are, the more apt are they to trouble themselves.
  2. Proceeding from, pertaining to, or characterized by, genius or ingenuity; of curious design, structure, or mechanism; as, an ingenious model, or machine; an ingenious scheme, contrivance, etc.
    Thus men go wrong with an ingenious skill.
  3. Witty; shrewd; adroit; keen; sagacious; as, an ingenious reply.
  4. Mental; intellectual. [Obs.]
    A course of learning and ingenious studies.