ingenerate means innate, inborn. It carries an Arena rating of 1603, earned across 5 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, ingenerate ranks #91 of 13,277 for Most Sublime Words, #2,153 of 13,277 for Most Elegant Words, #2,556 of 13,277 for Most Malleable Words, #2,937 of 13,277 for Most Ponderous Words.
ingenerate is pronounced /ɪnˈdʒɛnəɹət/.
Why “ingenerate” is a great word
Existing from birth or inherent to the nature of something, not produced by external causes. Its etymology is from Latin *ingenerātus*, the perfect passive participle of *ingenerō* ("to implant, generate within"), from *in-* ("in") + *generō* ("to beget, produce"), first attested in 1528. Unlike "acquired" (which denotes a quality earned from the world) or "engender" (which means to cause outwardly), ingenerate describes a quality that is coeval with being. It is the untaught rhythm of a heartbeat, the specific grain and hue of heartwood that was never painted on, or the hardwired impulse to flinch at a sudden sound—a testament to that which exists prior to, and independent of, the world's impositions.
Etymology
First attested in 1528; borrowed from Latin ingenerātus, perfect passive participle of ingenerō, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix).
adj
- Innate, inborn.“Pure and unspotted from all loathly crime
That is ingenerate in fleshly slime.”
- Not generated, self-existent.“But neither is one time generated in another; for if the preſent be generated in the future, the future muſt be present; and if in the paſt, the paſt. The ſame may be ſaid of other times; therefore one time is not generated in another. Now if time be neither generated in itſelf, nor one time in another, it is not generate at all. But that it is not ingenerate, we ſhewed also. Therefore ſeeing it i”
verb
- To generate or produce within; to beget or engender; to cause.“a. 1639, Joseph Mede, a sermon
ingenerate or encrease this disposition of lowlinee and abjection”
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