genius
//ˈd͡ʒiː.ni.əs//
Forms
- Plural
- geniuses
- Comparative
- more genius
- Superlative
- most genius
Definitions
1.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!
- Marx stand höher, sah weiter, überblickte mehr und rascher als wir andern alle. Marx war ein Genie, wir andern höchstens Talente.
2.Extraordinary mental capacity.
3.Inspiration, a mental leap, an extraordinary creative process.
4.The tutelary deity or spirit of a place or person.
- We talk of genius still, but with thought how changed! The genius of Augustus was a tutelary demon, to be sworn by and to receive offerings on an altar as a deity.
1.Ingenious, brilliant, very clever, or original.(informal)
- But Vahul was more genius than Rishi.
- She said the writing for these products “is very genius” because it's carefully done.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #3466
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
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Synonyms
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.