Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

scenius

/siːni.əs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sce-nius
IPA: /siːni.əs/

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The intelligence of a whole operation or group of people; collective creativity.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Tim Berners-Lee has ascribed his own tech breakthrough to the “scenius”: “Most of the technology involved in the web . . . had been designed already, I just had to put them together.”"

Etymology

Blend of scene (“subculture”) + genius, sometimes attributed to Brian Eno.

Usage

Inflected Forms

sceniuses (plural) scenii (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce scenius?: The recorded pronunciation is /siːni.əs/.
What does scenius mean?: The intelligence of a whole operation or group of people; collective creativity.
Where does scenius come from?: Blend of scene (“subculture”) + genius, sometimes attributed to Brian Eno.

How to pronounce scenius

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