单词 | inventious |
释义 | † inventiousadj. Obsolete. Having or showing a power of invention; inventive. ΘΚΠ 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < adj.1591 |
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