A split infinitive is an infitive with another word, usually an adverb, inserted. Thus 'to boldy go' is a split infinitive from the verb 'to go'.

There is a myth circulating among uninformed English teachers that the split infinitive is somehow incorrect, yet if you ask them they cannot come up with a reason besides "it's wrong". The truth of the matter is that infinitives have been split for nearly seven hundred years, and condemnation of this construction arose in the 1800s by applying Latin to English grammar -- a practice which in the age of modern linguistics is laughable. Language does not conform to arbitrary rules, much less rules from another language.

The next time your English teacher tells you the split infinitive is wrong, ask them why. I promise you will find the non-response hilarious.

split infinitive by Aristophanes September 19, 2005

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Ingenuitive

-adjective
1. engaged in ingenious activities

2. characterized by cleverness or originality of problem solving

—Related forms
hy·per·in·ge·nu·i·tive, adjective
su·per·in·ge·nu·i·tive, adjective.

The Doctor acting under the everlooming stress of another day's global genocide, saved the human race with his superingenuitive manipulation of his sonic screwdriver, a box of paperclips, a case of steel wool brillo pads, and the guts of a Nintendo 3ds.

Ingenuitive by Tsarstepan September 10, 2010

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Ingenuitive

"Possessing or stemming from ingenuity."

"The admiral's plan was ingenuitive, to say the least, but the opposing Canadian invasion just couldn't be stopped."

Ingenuitive by Squidgee Moot December 11, 2004

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Ingenuitive

Part Ingenious, part intuitive, It describes using your intuition to figure things out in an ingenious way.

"Finding my contact info through my work web site was ingenuitive of you"

Ingenuitive by Gomer 37 April 17, 2006

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