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Meaning: adj. Not genuine; false; not authentic. Normally associated with persons, behaviours and experiences rather than items. Etymology: Contrary to popular belief (google the term for examples), this is in fact a word, and can be cited as far back as the 17th Century: 1675 R. Burthogge Cavsa Dei 352 'A many false, supposititious, and ingenuine' Writings. Source: Oxford English Dictionary online. The word can be made by attaching the prefix in- (a variant of un-) to the existing word 'genuine', in parallel to in- + sincere, in- + compatible, in- + valid and so on. Although it may often be confused with 'ingenuous', this is a simple malapropism and does not affect the validity of the word.
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