ingenuous

One entry found for ingenuous.

Main Entry: ²ingenuous
Function: adjective
Etymology: Latin ingenuus native, freeborn, from in- + gignere to beget -- more at KIN
1 obsolete : NOBLE, HONORABLE
2 a : showing innocent or childlike simplicity and candidness <her ingenuous thirst for experience -- Christopher Rawson> b : lacking craft or subtlety <ingenuous in their brutality>
synonym see NATURAL
- in·gen·u·ous·ly adverb
- in·gen·u·ous·ness noun