genius

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A person with exceptional intelligence or creative ability.

   Einstein was a genius who changed how we understand the universe.

2. 2
   noun

   Extraordinary mental ability or brilliance.

   The genius of her plan only became clear once it worked.

3. 3
   noun

   A special natural talent for something.

   He has a genius for making people feel welcome.

4. 4
   adj

   Very clever, brilliant, or original.

   Taking the early train was a genius idea.

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.

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