genius

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Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

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Definition

  1. noun someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality
  2. noun unusual mental ability
  3. noun someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field

Etymology

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.

In classic literature

Synonyms

mastermind, brain, brainiac, Einstein

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