genius
/ˈd͡ʒin.jəs/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.33 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill; especially somebody who has demonstrated this by a creative or original work in science, music, art, etc.
Countable
Example Sentences
- "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"
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *ǵenh₁-, genius, genō, -
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈd͡ʒin.jəs/
- British English: /ˈd͡ʒiː.ni.əs/