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Adjectives, Common English Blunders, Misspellings, Nouns

I saw this in a blogger’s post.

Problem:
The word “ingenius” is a misspelling of an adjective.

Explanation:
Try to look up “ingenius” at Dictionary.com. What you’ll find is “No results found for ingenius.” and a “Did you mean … ?” question.

The correct spelling of the adjective is “ingenious”. The fragment gen in the adjective “ingenious” is the base of the verb gignere, which means to bring into being.

In contrast, the English noun “genius” is from the Latin word genius, which means talent, spirit, or guardian deity.

So a “genius” is someone who is talented, whereas something that is “ingenious” is characterized by originality of invention. There is no such word (except as a brand name) with the spelling “ingenius”.

Solution:
“ingenious products”