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Webster 1913 Edition


Enginous

En′gi-nous

,
Adj.
[OF.
engignos
. See
Ingenious
.]
1.
Pertaining to an engine.
[Obs.]
That one act gives, like an
enginous
wheel,
Motion to all.
Decker.
2.
Contrived with care; ingenious.
[Obs.]
The mark of all
enginous
drifts.
B. Jonson.

Definition 2024


enginous

enginous

English

Adjective

enginous (comparative more enginous, superlative most enginous)

  1. (obsolete) Pertaining to an engine.
    That one act gives, like an enginous wheel, / Motion to all. Decker.
  2. (obsolete) Contrived with care; ingenious.
    The mark of all enginous drifts. Ben Jonson.