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genius
What does genius mean?
genius (noun): someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you pronounce genius?
/ˈdʒinjəs/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does genius come from?
From Latin genius (“inborn nature; a tutelary deity of a person or place; wit, brilliance”), from gignō (“to beget, produce”), Old Latin genō.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality
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