ingenuity
A
stock character in opera, theater, and literature. She is a girl or young woman who is endearingly wholesome and innocent. Very similar to the girl next door.She is generally portrayed as sweet, gentle, virtuous, beautiful, demure, with the
wide-eyed innocence of a child and she is very often naive. She is often the victim of the
libertine, whom she may have mistaken for the hero. Often she still lives with her parents, owing to her youth and naivete.She is usually the foil for the dangerously seductive femme fatale.She is often involved in a romantic subplot, usually with the boy next door and the romance is typically innocent and chaste.The ingenue is typically played by a lyric soprano in opera and musicals.
ingenue
by Lorelili on Oct 30, 2005 04:46:51
A female character in drama or literature. She is a sweet, pretty, if somewhat naive, young woman. To our modern eyes, she's often seen as this
meek little mouse.
The ingenue is played by a light
soprano in opera or musicals.
Ingenuic
by Varboa on Oct 19, 2010 08:20:02
ingenuous
by Jase P on Jul 07, 2005 08:07:22
1. Lacking in cunning,
guile, or worldliness;
artless. 2. Openly straightforward or frank;
candid. See Synonyms at naive. 3. Obsolete Ingenious.
Etymology
Example:
Being very
dull and
stupid,
Bob was a very ingenuous man.
African ingenuity
by Shen Terrell on Mar 30, 2017 10:59:17
Example:
African ingenuity built the
pyramids by being able to move massive stone blocks across the desert by
wetting the sand in front of a
contraption built to pull the heavy objects.
Stoner Ingenuity
by Bobobobobobobobobo on Oct 25, 2007 00:02:02
The creative effort stoners put into the development and construction of various smoking devices. Without Stoner Ingenuity
we would not have apple
pipes or
gravity bongs.
redneck ingenuity
by RajanTrajan on Aug 20, 2017 01:02:01
Ingenuity Helicopter
by HawaiianPunch1 on Sep 12, 2023 16:43:14
Ingenuity is a helicopter that is in Mars collecting data and information about the planet from above. Part of the space
agency's larger Perseverance mission, Ingenuity has been tasked with going on short flights to collect additional data to help the
Perseverance rover chart its path across the planet.
Ingenuity has officially flown for 102.4 minutes through its 57 flights, translating to roughly 13,130 meters traveled or just over eight miles. The helicopter has, by all measures, surpassed the expectations of researchers working on the mission. While Ingenuity has been collecting data from the air, Perseverance has been collecting soil samples on the ground.
Afro Ingenuity
by El Peepo Grande on Oct 14, 2003 02:27:18
Example:
A little Afro Ingenuity and a bent coat
hangar kept
Toby's tailpipe from dragging on the ground.
gastro-ingenuity
by Nishu aka Didi in the City on Nov 19, 2010 07:06:44
Unique and unusual combinations of ordinary foods that
delight and
tantalize the olfactory and taste receptors. The term was coined in
San Francisco, California.
Example:
Ezra's gastro-ingenuity was demonstrated when he combined bacon and
calamari to the
delight of his tastebuds and olfactory receptors.