• (a.) Contrived with care; ingenious. • (a.) Pertaining to an engine.
En'gi·nous adjective [ Old French engignos . See Ingenious .] 1. Pertaining to an engine. [ Obsolete] « That one act gives, like an enginous wheel, Motion to all.» Decker. 2. Contrived with care; ingenious. [ Obsolete] « The mark of al...