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noun. something, someone precious

noun. common sense

noun. ability, talent

noun. person who performs supernatural

noun. wonder

stunner
whiz

noun. expert, skilled person, female or male

noun. command, expertise

noun. intelligence

noun. person or thing that is extraordinary

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Word Origin & History

genius late 14c., from L. genius "guardian deity or spirit which watches over each person from birth; spirit, incarnation, wit, talent," from root of gignere "beget, produce" (see kin), from PIE base *gen- "produce." Meaning "person of natural intelligence or talent" first recorded 1640s.

Example Sentences for genius

More's genius is of that high order in which the intellectual and moral powers seem to interpenetrate and vitalise each other.

Psychologists are divided over whether genius is innate or acquired.

Using a class action to obtain that consent—en masse—was a stroke of genius by the settlement's architects.

She meant that geniuses, or those touched with a spark of it, had very little choice in life.