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intellect

Pronunciation: /ˈɪntəlɛkt/

The English word “intellect” has 3 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. The faculty of thinking, judging, abstract reasoning, and conceptual understanding; the cognitive faculty.
  2. The capacity of that faculty (in a particular person).
  3. A person who has that faculty to a great degree.

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin intellēctus (“understanding, intellect”), from Latin intellegō (“understand; reason”), from inter (“between, among”) + legō (“read”), with connotation of bind.

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