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Meaning
- Displaying genius or brilliance; inventive.
- Characterized by genius; cleverly contrived or done.
- Showing originality or sagacity; witty.
Synonyms
of genius
Translations
ingénieux
ingenioso
ingegnoso
engenhoso
genial
geniaal
enginyós
δαιμόνιοςFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɪnˈd͡ʒiːnjəs/
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French ingénieux, from Old French engenious, from Latin ingeniōsus (“endowed with good natural capacity, gifted with genius”), from ingenium (“innate or natural quality, natural capacity, genius”), from in- (“in”) + gignere (“to produce”), Old Latin genere. See also engine.
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