genius

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. Someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill; especially somebody who has demonstrated this by a creative or original work in science, music, art etc.
2. Extraordinary mental capacity.
3. Inspiration, a mental leap, an extraordinary creative process.
4. The tutelary deity or spirit of a place or person.

Adj

Ingenious, brilliant, very clever, or original.

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈdʒiː.nɪəs/

Etimologie (Engels)

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.

Sinne

This young boy is a total genius .