| ingenuous | (adj) บริสุทธิ์ใจ, See also: ซึ่งไร้เดียงสา, Syn. frank, innocent, straightforward, Ant. suspicious | | ingenuously | (adv) อย่างบริสุทธิ์ใจ, Syn. frankly, sincerely, sweetly, naively | | ingenuousness | (n) ความบริสุทธิ์ใจ, Syn. frankness, sincerity, innocence |
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| | ingenuous | (อินเจน'นุอัส) adj. เปิดเผย, ซื่อ, ตรงไปตรงมา, ไม่มีเล่ห์เหลี่ยม, ไร้เดียงสา., See also: ingenuousness n. | | disingenuous | (ดิสอินเจน'นิวอัส) adj. ไม่ตรงไปตรงมา, ไม่จริงใจ, |
| | ingenuous | (adj) เปิดเผย, ตรงไปตรงมา, ซื่อ, ไม่มีเล่ห์เหลี่ยม |
| | Ingenuous | a. [ L. ingenuus inborn, innate, freeborn, noble, frank; pref. in- in + the root of gignere to beget. See Genius, and cf. Ingenious. ] 1. Of honorable extraction; freeborn; noble; as, ingenuous blood of birth. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Noble; generous; magnanimous; honorable; upright; high-minded; as, an ingenuous ardor or zeal. [ 1913 Webster ] If an ingenuous detestation of falsehood be but carefully and early instilled, that is the true and genuine method to obviate dishonesty. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. Free from reserve, disguise, equivocation, or dissimulation; open; frank; as, an ingenuous man; an ingenuous declaration, confession, etc. [ 1913 Webster ] Sensible in myself . . . what a burden it is for me, who would be ingenuous, to be loaded with courtesies which he hath not the least hope to requite or deserve. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ] 4. Ingenious. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] ☞ (Formerly) printers did not discriminate between . . . ingenuous and ingenious, and these words were used or rather printed interchangeably almost to the beginning of the eighteenth century. G. P. Marsh. Syn. -- Open; frank; unreserved; artless; plain; sincere; candid; fair; noble; generous. -- Ingenuous, Open, Frank. One who is open speaks out at once what is uppermost in his mind; one who is frank does it from a natural boldness, or dislike of self-restraint; one who is ingenuous is actuated by a native simplicity and artlessness, which make him willing to confess faults, and make known his sentiments without reserve. See Candid. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Ingenuously | adv. In an ingenuous manner; openly; fairly; candidly; artlessly. [ 1913 Webster ] Being required to explain himself, he ingenuously confessed. Ludlow. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Ingenuousness | n. 1. The state or quality of being ingenuous; openness of heart; frankness. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Ingenuity. [ Obs. ] Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| | | | ไร้เดียงสา | [rai dīengsā] (adj) EN: innocent ; naive ; childlike ; artless ; simple ; credulous ; ingenuous ; unworldly FR: innocent ; naïf ; crédule ; ingénu ; candide |
| | | | 淡泊(P);淡白 | [たんぱく, tanpaku] (adj-na, n) (1) light (color, colour, taste); simple; plain; (2) frank; candid; ingenuous; indifferent; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Ingenuous \In*gen"u*ous\, a. [L. ingenuus inborn, innate,
freeborn, noble, frank; pref. in- in + the root of gignere to
beget. See {Genius}, and cf. {Ingenious}.]
1. Of honorable extraction; freeborn; noble; as, ingenuous
blood of birth.
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2. Noble; generous; magnanimous; honorable; upright;
high-minded; as, an ingenuous ardor or zeal.
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If an ingenuous detestation of falsehood be but
carefully and early instilled, that is the true and
genuine method to obviate dishonesty. --Locke.
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3. Free from reserve, disguise, equivocation, or
dissimulation; open; frank; as, an ingenuous man; an
ingenuous declaration, confession, etc.
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Sensible in myself . . . what a burden it is for me,
who would be ingenuous, to be loaded with courtesies
which he hath not the least hope to requite or
deserve. --Fuller.
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4. Ingenious. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Note: (Formerly) printers did not discriminate between . . .
ingenuous and ingenious, and these words were used or
rather printed interchangeably almost to the beginning
of the eighteenth century. --G. P. Marsh.
Syn: Open; frank; unreserved; artless; plain; sincere;
candid; fair; noble; generous.
Usage: {Ingenuous}, {Open}, {Frank}. One who is open speaks
out at once what is uppermost in his mind; one who is
frank does it from a natural boldness, or dislike of
self-restraint; one who is ingenuous is actuated by a
native simplicity and artlessness, which make him
willing to confess faults, and make known his
sentiments without reserve. See {Candid}.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ingenuous
adj 1: characterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not
devious; "an ingenuous admission of responsibility" [syn:
{ingenuous}, {artless}] [ant: {artful}, {disingenuous}]
2: lacking in sophistication or worldliness; "a child's innocent
stare"; "his ingenuous explanation that he would not have
burned the church if he had not thought the bishop was in it"
[syn: {innocent}, {ingenuous}]
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