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genius
- 1) noun, a person with exceptional ability, esp of a highly original kind
- 2) noun, such ability or capacity
- 3) noun, the distinctive spirit or creative nature of a nation, era, language, etc
- 4) noun, a person considered as exerting great influence of a certain sort
- 5) noun, 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) noun, Arabic myth a demon; jinn
Etymology
C16: from Latin, from gignere to beget
Collins English Electronic Dictionary - Digital Edition: 2008 © HarperCollins Publishers 2008
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talent, brilliance, ability, capacity, gift, bent, faculty, excellence, endowment, flair, inclination, knack, propensity, aptitude, clever, master, expert, mastermind, brain (informal), buff (informal), intellect (informal), adept, maestro, virtuoso, whizz (informal), wonky (informal), maven (U.S.), fundi (S. African)