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1 inventiveness
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2 invent
[in'vent]1) (to be the first person to make or use (eg a machine, method etc): Who invented the microscope?; When was printing invented?) finna upp2) (to make up or think of (eg an excuse or story): I'll have to invent some excuse for not going with him.) hugsa upp•- inventive
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3 wit
[wit]1) (humour; the ability to express oneself in an amusing way: His plays are full of wit; I admire his wit.) fyndni, hnyttni2) (a person who expresses himself in a humorous way, tells jokes etc: He's a great wit.) orðheppinn maður3) (common sense, inventiveness etc: He did not have the wit to defend himself.) skynsemi•- witless- - witted
- witticism
- witty
- wittily
- wittiness
- at one's wits' end
- keep one's wits about one
- live by one's wits
- frighten/scare out of one's wits
- out of one's wits
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inventiveness — index contrivance Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
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inventiveness — inventive ► ADJECTIVE ▪ having or showing creativity or original thought. DERIVATIVES inventively adverb inventiveness noun … English terms dictionary
Inventiveness — Inventive In*vent ive, a. [Cf. F. inventif.] Able and apt to invent; quick at contrivance; ready at expedients; as, an inventive head or genius. Dryden. {In*vent ive*ly}, adv. {In*vent ive*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
inventiveness — noun see inventive … New Collegiate Dictionary
inventiveness — See inventively. * * * … Universalium
inventiveness — noun The quality of being inventive; the faculty of inventing … Wiktionary
inventiveness — Synonyms and related words: Italian hand, acuteness, art, artfulness, artifice, astuteness, authenticity, cageyness, callidity, canniness, cleverness, craft, craftiness, creativeness, creativity, cunning, cunningness, fecundity, fertile mind,… … Moby Thesaurus
inventiveness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The power or ability to invent: creativeness, creativity, ingeniousness, ingenuity, invention, originality. See ABILITY, MAKE … English dictionary for students
inventiveness — in ven·tive·ness || ɪn ventɪvnɪs n. imaginativeness; creativeness; skill of inventing or creating … English contemporary dictionary
inventiveness — in·ven·tive·ness … English syllables