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Ingenuous In Jen Yu Wus Adjective Free Reserve Restraint Dissimulation Candid

Ingenuous means free from reserve, candid, sincere, artless, or naive.

Ingenuo significa libre de reserva, franqueza, o candor; inocente y natural.

Front ingenuous \in-JEN-yu-wus\
Back adjective
1. Free from reserve, restraint, or dissimulation; candid; sincere.
2. Artless; innocent; naive.

[From Latin ingenuus (honest, native, freeborn), from in- (in) + gignere (to beget).]

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