Genius is an exceptional talent or skill, something above and beyond the norm. A genius is someone who possesses this brilliance, like a child prodigy who learned the piano at age 3 and played sold out concerts by age 5.
A good or evil spirit, or demon, supposed by the ancients to preside over a man's destiny in life; a tutelary deity; a supernatural being; a spirit, good or bad. Cf.
Noun
unusual mental ability
Noun
a natural talent; "he has a flair for mathematics"; "he has a genius for interior decorating"
Noun
exceptional creative ability
Noun
someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
Noun
someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality; "Mozart was a child genius"; "he''s smart but he''s no Einstein"
n.
A good or evil spirit, or demon, supposed by the ancients
to preside over a man's destiny in life; a tutelary deity; a
supernatural being; a spirit, good or bad. Cf. Jinnee.
n.
The peculiar structure of mind with whoch each individual
is endowed by nature; that disposition or aptitude of mind which is
peculiar to each man, and which qualifies him for certain kinds of
action or special success in any pursuit; special taste, inclination,
or disposition; as, a genius for history, for poetry, or painting.
n.
Peculiar character; animating spirit, as of a nation, a
religion, a language.
n.
Distinguished mental superiority; uncommon intellectual
power; especially, superior power of invention or origination of any
kind, or of forming new combinations; as, a man of genius.
n.
A man endowed with uncommon vigor of mind; a man of
superior intellectual faculties; as, Shakespeare was a rare genius.
Genius
The unseen genius of the wood.
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.2.
Genius of the highest kind implies an unusual intensity of the modifyng power.5.
A good or evil spirit, or demon, supposed by the ancients to preside over a man's destiny in life; a tutelary deity; a supernatural being; a spirit, good or bad. Cf.
Usage Examples
Genius begins great works labor alone finishes them.
Genius always gives its best at first prudence, at last.
Doorman - a genius who can open the door of your car with one hand, help you in with the other, and still have one left for the tip.
Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.
Genius is an African who dreams up snow.
Freedom is the only law which genius knows.
Genius at first is little more than a great capacity for receiving discipline.
Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind, which are delivered down from generation to generation as presents to the posterity of those who are yet unborn.
Aptitude found in the understanding and is often inherited. Genius coming from reason and imagination, rarely.
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Other Usage ExamplesCommon sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.
Genius always finds itself a century too early.
Every true genius is bound to be naive.
Genius ain't anything more than elegant common sense.
Everyone is a genius at least once a year. The real geniuses simply have their bright ideas closer together.
First and last, what is demanded of genius is love of truth.
Almost all the noblest things that have been achieved in the world, have been achieved by poor men poor scholars, poor professional men, poor artisans and artists, poor philosophers, poets, and men of genius.
Every positive value has its price in negative terms... the genius of Einstein leads to Hiroshima.
Anyone who can do the splits and come back up on the backbeat, as James Brown and Prince can, has my eternal respect. Prince, who is a genius of the highest order, can come back up while singing and playing the guitar.
Enthusiasm is the genius of sincerity and truth accomplishes no victories without it.
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