English is a very strange language. Our words come from so many different sources
Sergey is ingenious as he demonstrates a lot of ingenuity.
But an ingenue is a young woman who is very innocent and trusting. Usually used to describe an actress playing such a role.
I would imagine Sergey is a man of many talents but this may be outside even his range ;-)
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>Thanks a lot. In Russian the word for ingenue person is "geniy" and also we have a word "genial'nost'" meaning that quality. That's why I thought there could be another word in English and took Hugo's word for it.
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>I guess term "ingenue" describes Sergey very accurate < g >
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