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单词 inventious
释义

inventiousadj.

Etymology: < invention n., as if on a Latin type *inventiōsus : see -ous suffix.
Obsolete.
Having or showing a power of invention; inventive.
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the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > inventive or creative faculty > [adjective]
imaginativec1405
inventivec1450
feigning1483
creativea1513
inventative1541
inventious1591
conceitful1594
forgetive1600
productive1612
projecting1614
excogitous1646
plastic1662
ingeniary1664
formful1730
forgeful1751
inventful1797
original-minded1797
original1803
originative1811
vivid1814
fingent1837
constructive1841
right-brained1871
poietic1905
1591 F. Sparry tr. C. de Cattan Geomancie 107 The man is wise and inuentious, and especially about warres.
1601 B. Jonson Fountaine of Selfe-love ii. ii. sig. D2v Thou art a fine Inuentious Rogue. View more context for this quotation
1609 T. Heywood Troia Britanica i. xiv Persuaded such a high inuentious straine Could not proceed from any Mortals braine.
1656 tr. J. A. Comenius Latinæ Linguæ Janua Reserata: Gate Lat. Tongue Unlocked xxviii. §277 Hee that easily apprehendeth a thing, [is] ingenious; hee that deviseth, inventious.
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