ingenious (5 cf. the misuse of INGENUOUS)
1.
able,
talented R3 III. i. 155.
2.
intelligent, quick of
apprehension
Ham. V. i. 270
“thy most sense”
; ‘delicately sensitive’
(Wright)
Lr. IV. vi. 288
“ feeling Of my
huge sorrows.”
3.
clever at contriving,
skilful
LLL. I. ii. 30
“that an eel is ”
(Q1 F4
“ingenious,” Ff1 2 3 Q2
“ingenuous”),
Cym. V. v. 216
“torturers
ingenious.”
4.
skilfully contrived
LLL. III. i. 61 (Q2
“ingenuous”),
Cym. IV. ii. 186
“My ingenious †
instrument”
(old edd. “ingenuous”).
5.
used for
INGENUOUS=befitting a well-born person, ‘liberal’
Shr. I. i. 9
“ingenious
studies.”
