genius
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genius
- /ˈd͡ʒiː.ni.əs/ UK
- /ˈd͡ʒin.jəs/ US
- /ˈd͡ʒi.ni.əs/ US
Rhymes with -iːniəs, -iːnjəs
Where it comes from
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.
noun geniuses · genii
- Someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill; especially somebody who has demonstrated this by a creative or original work in science, music, art, etc. She's a genius; she won a Nobel Prize at fifteen!
- Extraordinary mental capacity. Excuse, therefore, the shortcomings of genius under the sudorific influence of the summer solstice; for be assured that the vertical sun, however it may dulcify and mature cherries, plums, and other fruitful ‘plumpitudes,’ is by no means favorable to the development of intellectual products.
- Inspiration, a mental leap, an extraordinary creative process. a work of genius
- The tutelary deity or spirit of a place or person. and the genius of the place: the growing enthusiasm for codified standards in the Army and Navy
Similar: brain, brain surgeon, brainbox, brainiac, deep thinker, Einstein, egghead, genius, intellectual, mind, rocket scientist, superbrain
adjective more genius · most genius
- Ingenious, brilliant, very clever, or original. What a genius idea!
