Genius
Definitions
- genius (extraordinary mental capacity)
- Someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill; especially somebody who has demonstrated this by a creative or original work in science, music, art, etc.
- a genius (a person with genius)
- Extraordinary mental capacity.
- Inspiration, a mental leap, an extraordinary creative process.
- guardian spirit, genius
- The tutelary deity or spirit of a place or person.
Equivalents
Examples
“She's a genius; she won a Nobel Prize at fifteen!”
“Marx stand⟳ höher, sah weiter, überblickte mehr und rascher als wir andern alle. Marx war ein Genie, wir andern höchstens Talente.”
“Excuse⟳, therefore, the shortcomings of genius under the sudorific influence⟳ of the summer solstice; for be assured that the vertical sun, however it may dulcify and mature cherries, plums, and other fruitful ‘plumpitudes,’ is by no means favorable to the development of intellectual products.”
“In the old days, to my commonplace and unobserving mind⟳, he gave no evidences of genius whatsoever. He never read⟳ me any of his manuscripts, […], and therefore my lack of detection of his promise⟳ may in some degree be pardoned.”
“a work⟳ of genius”
“to add⟳ a dash of cinnamon amid such umami was pure genius”
“and the genius of the place⟳: the growing enthusiasm for codified standards in the Army and Navy”
“We talk⟳ of genius still, but with thought how changed! The genius of Augustus was a tutelary demon, to be sworn by and to receive⟳ offerings on an altar as a deity.”
“An old sinner, in shape⟳ of a khansamah, is the genius of the place⟳, and has rarely aught else to tempt the tired traveller with than a “sudden death”—a fowl caught running in the yard, and dished up forthwith; […]”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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