genius
Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒiː.ni.əs/
The English word “genius” has 5 meanings listed here.
noun
- Someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill; especially somebody who has demonstrated this by a creative or original work in science, music, art, etc.
- Extraordinary mental capacity.
- Inspiration, a mental leap, an extraordinary creative process.
- The tutelary deity or spirit of a place or person.
adjective
Etymology
From Latin genius (“inborn nature; a tutelary deity of a person or place; wit, brilliance”), from gignō (“to beget, produce”), Old Latin genō, from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵenh₁-. Doublet of genio. See also genus and genie.
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