ingenuous
in·ge·nuous
adjective
1.
characterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not devious
- “an ingenuous admission of responsibility”
2.
Origin
Learned borrowing from Latin ingenuus (“of noble character, frank”). Doublet of ingenu.
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