genius

CEFRB2

/ˈd͡ʒiː.ni.əs/

noun · adjective

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  1. 01

    noun

    Exceptional intelligence or a person with exceptional ability.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Extraordinary mental capacity.

Examples

  • In a word, he is a man of genius.

  • In general, it may be said that he is a genius in music.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /ˈd͡ʒin.jəs/

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noun

Extra meanings

  1. Inspiration, a mental leap, an extraordinary creative process.

  2. Someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill; especially somebody who has demonstrated this by a creative or original work in science, music, art, etc.

adjective

Extra meaning

  1. Ingenious, brilliant, very clever, or original.

More examples

In context

  • She's a genius; she won a Nobel Prize at fifteen!

  • to add a dash of cinnamon amid such umami was pure genius

  • a work of genius

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Origin

noun

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.