inventiveness en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree English inventive Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English inventiveness From inventive + -ness.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The quality of being inventive; the faculty of inventing.
Near-synonyms: resourcefulness, creativity, imagination
For as was the land, such was the art of it while folk yet troubled themselves about such things; it strove little to impress people either by pomp or ingenuity: not unseldom it fell into commonplace, rarely it rose into majesty; yet was it never oppressive, never a slave’s nightmare or an insolent boast: and at its best it had an inventiveness, an individuality, that grander styles have never overpassed: […]
[1878], William Morris, The Decorative Arts: Their Relation to Modern Life and Progress […], London: Ellis and White, […], →OCLC, page 21:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| inventivenesses | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Synonyms
inventivity · imagination · resourcefulness · creativity
Translations (24)
grc ἐπίνοια (quality of being inventive) · de Einfallsreichtum (quality of being inventive) · nl vindingrijkheid (quality of being inventive) · it inventiva (quality of being inventive) · be вынахо́длівасць (quality of being inventive) · orv благохꙋдожьство (quality of being inventive) · el εφευρετικότητα (quality of being inventive) · es creatividad (quality of being inventive) · de Erfindungsreichtum (quality of being inventive) · es inventiva (quality of being inventive) · fi kekseliäisyys (quality of being inventive) · cs vynalézavost (quality of being inventive) · pl wynalazczość (quality of being inventive) · ro inventivitate (quality of being inventive) · sh inventivnost (quality of being inventive) · ru изобрета́тельность (quality of being inventive) · de Erfindungsgabe (quality of being inventive) · pl pomysłowość (quality of being inventive) · sv uppfinningsrikedom (quality of being inventive) · fr inventivité (quality of being inventive) · es ingenio (quality of being inventive) · nb oppfinnsomhet (quality of being inventive) · it creatività (quality of being inventive) · it ingegno (quality of being inventive)