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genius

exceptional natural ability; a person of extraordinarily high intelligence; gift, talent, aptitude, faculty

Not to be confused with:

genus – a kind; sort; class or group of individuals or of species of individuals

gen·ius

(jēn′yəs)

n. pl. gen·ius·es

a. Extraordinary intellectual and creative power: artistic works of genius.

b. A person of extraordinary intellect and talent.

c. A person who has an exceptionally high intelligence quotient, typically above 140.

a. A strong natural talent, aptitude, or inclination: has a genius for choosing the right words.

b. One who has such a talent or inclination: a genius at diplomacy.

3. The prevailing spirit or distinctive character, as of a place, a person, or an era: the genius of Elizabethan England.

4. pl. ge·ni·i (jē′nē-ī′) Roman Mythology A tutelary deity or guardian spirit of a person or place.

[Middle English, guardian spirit, from Latin; see genə- in Indo-European roots.]

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genius

(ˈdʒiːnɪəs; -njəs)

n, pl -uses or (for senses 5, 6)genii (ˈdʒiːnɪˌaɪ)

1. a person with exceptional ability, esp of a highly original kind

2. such ability or capacity: Mozart's musical genius.

3. the distinctive spirit or creative nature of a nation, era, language, etc

4. a person considered as exerting great influence of a certain sort: an evil genius.

5. (Classical Myth & Legend) Roman myth

a. the guiding spirit who attends a person from birth to death

b. the guardian spirit of a place, group of people, or institution

6. (Non-European Myth & Legend) Arabian myth (usually plural) a demon; jinn

adj

clever and original

[C16: from Latin, from gignere to beget]

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gen•ius

(ˈdʒin yəs)

n., pl. gen•ius•es for 2,3,8, gen•i•i (ˈdʒi niˌaɪ)
for 6,7,9.

1. an exceptional natural capacity of intellect, esp. as shown in creative and original work in science, art, music, etc.: the genius of Mozart.

2. a person having such capacity.

3. natural ability; talent: a genius for leadership.

4. distinctive character or spirit, as of a nation, period, or language.

5. the guardian spirit of a place, person, institution, etc.

6. a person who strongly influences for good or ill the character, conduct, or destiny of a person, place, or thing: an evil genius.

7. jinn.

[1350–1400; < Latin: tutelary deity or genius of a person; compare genus]

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Noun	1.	genius - someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality; "Mozart was a child genius"; "he's smart but he's no Einstein" brainiac, Einstein, mastermind, brain intellectual, intellect - a person who uses the mind creatively prodigy - an unusually gifted or intelligent (young) person; someone whose talents excite wonder and admiration; "she is a chess prodigy"
	2.	genius - unusual mental ability brilliance intelligence - the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience coruscation - a sudden or striking display of brilliance; "coruscations of great wit" pyrotechnics - (music) brilliance of display (as in the performance of music) scintillation - a brilliant display of wit
	3.	genius - someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field hotshot, maven, mavin, superstar, virtuoso, whiz, whizz, wiz, wizard, adept, sensation, star, ace, champion expert - a person with special knowledge or ability who performs skillfully track star - a star runner
	4.	genius - exceptional creative ability wizardry creative thinking, creativeness, creativity - the ability to create
	5.	genius - a natural talent; "he has a flair for mathematics"; "he has a genius for interior decorating" flair endowment, natural endowment, talent, gift - natural abilities or qualities

genius

noun

1. brilliance, ability, talent, capacity, gift, bent, faculty, excellence, endowment, flair, inclination, knack, propensity, aptitude, cleverness, creative power, GEnys (S.M.S.) This is the mark of her genius as a designer.

2. master, expert, mastermind, brain (informal), buff (informal), intellect (informal), adept, maestro, virtuoso, boffin (Brit. informal), whiz (informal), hotshot (informal), rocket scientist (informal, chiefly U.S.), wonk (informal), brainbox, maven (U.S.), master-hand, fundi (S. African), GEnys (S.M.S.) a 14-year-old mathematical genius
master fool, idiot, dunce, imbecile, simpleton, dolt, half-wit, nincompoop

Quotations
"Genius is one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration" [Thomas Alva Edison Life]
"When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him" [Jonathan Swift Thoughts on Various Subjects]
"The true genius is a mind of large general powers, accidentally determined to some particular direction" [Dr. Johnson Lives of the English Poets]
"Genius is...the child of imitation" [Joshua Reynolds Discourses on Art]
"If I have seen further [than other men] it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants" [Isaac Newton letter to Robert Hooke]
"Genius must be born, and never can be taught" [John Dryden To Mr. Congreve]
"In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts" [Ralph Waldo Emerson Self-Reliance]
"Genius does what it must,"
"And Talent does what it can" [Owen Meredith Last Words of a Sensitive Second-rate Poet]
"It takes a lot of time to be a genius, you have to sit around so much doing nothing, really doing nothing" [Gertrude Stein Everybody's Autobiography]
"Genius is only a greater aptitude for patience" [Comte de Buffon]

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genius

noun

1. Liveliness and vivacity of imagination:

brilliance, brilliancy, fire, inspiration.

2. An innate capability:

aptitude, aptness, bent, faculty, flair, gift, head, instinct, knack, talent, turn.

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genio

genius

[ˈdʒiːnɪəs] N (geniuses (pl)) (= person) → genio m; (= cleverness) → genialidad f; (= talent) → don m
he's a genius → es un genio, es genial
you're a genius! (iro) → ¡eres un hacha!
a man of genius → un hombre genial
she's a mathematical genius → es un genio para las matemáticas
to have a genius for (doing) sth → tener un don especial para (hacer) algo
you have a genius for forgetting things → tienes un don especial para olvidar las cosas

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genius

(ˈdʒiːnjəs) – plural ˈgeniuses – noun

a person who is very clever. The new professor of mathematics has been described as a genius.genio

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