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Definition of Genius
1. Noun. Someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality. "He's smart but he's no Einstein"
Generic synonyms: Intellect, Intellectual
Specialized synonyms: Prodigy
Derivative terms: Brainy
2. Noun. Unusual mental ability.
Generic synonyms: Intelligence
Specialized synonyms: Coruscation, Pyrotechnics, Scintillation
Derivative terms: Brilliant
3. Noun. Someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field.
Generic synonyms: Expert
Specialized synonyms: Track Star
Derivative terms: Ace, Adept, Star, Virtuoso
4. Noun. Exceptional creative ability.
5. Noun. A natural talent. "He has a genius for interior decorating"
Definition of Genius
1. 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.
Definition of Genius
1. Noun. Someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill; especially somebody who has demonstrated this by a creative or original work in science, music, art etc. ¹
2. Noun. Extraordinary mental capacity. ¹
3. Noun. inspiration, a mental leap, an extraordinary creative process. ¹
4. Noun. (Roman mythology) The guardian spirit of a place or person. ¹
5. Noun. A way of thinking, optimizing one's capacity for learning and understanding. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Genius
1. an exceptional natural aptitude [n GENIUSES or GENII]
Medical Definition of Genius
1. Origin: L. Genius, prop, the superior or divine nature which is innate in everything, the spirit, the tutelar deity or genius of a person or place, taste, talent, genius, from genere, gignere, to beget, bring forth. See Gender, and cf. Engine. 1. 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. "The unseen genius of the wood." (Milton) "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." (Tylor) 2. 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. 3. Peculiar character; animating spirit, as of a nation, a religion, a language. 4. 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. "Genius of the highest kind implies an unusual intensity of the modifyng power." (Coleridge) 5. A man endowed with uncommon vigor of mind; a man of superior intellectual faculties; as, Shakespeare was a rare genius. Synonym: Genius, Talent. Genius implies high and peculiar gifts of nature, impelling the mind to certain favorite kinds of mental effort, and producing new combinations of ideas, imagery, etc. Talent supposes general strength of intellect, with a peculiar aptitude for being molded and directed to specific employments and valuable ends and purposes. Genius is connected more or less with the exercise of imagination, and reaches its ends by a kind of intuitive power. Talent depends more on high mental training, and a perfect command of all the faculties, memory, judgment, sagacity, etc. Hence we speak of a genius for poetry, painting. Etc, and a talent for business or diplomacy. Among English orators, Lord Chatham was distinguished for his genius; William Pitt for his preeminent talents, and especially his unrivaled talent for debate. Genius loci [L], the genius or presiding divinity of a place; hence, the pervading spirit of a place or institution, as of a college, etc. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genius
Literary usage of Genius
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Music and Culture: Comprising a Number of Lectures and Essays by Karl Merz (1890)
"The Latin word genius, signifies the divine nature which is innate in all human
beings. According to Webster, the word means that peculiar structure of mind ..."
2. Nature by Norman Lockyer (1877)
"We turn to the chapter on " The Faculty of genius," in the third book as a good
... Dr. Harris here strives to fix a definition to the word genius. ..."
3. The Mythology of All Races by Louis Herbert Gray, William Sherwood Fox, George Foot Moore, John Arnott MacCulloch (1916)
"If we adopt the Roman point of view, and regard the genius of man and the ...
Fundamentally genius was the procreative power of each man and luno that of ..."
4. Miscellanies by Harriet Martineau (1836)
"CHARACTERISTICS OF THE genius OF SCOTT. THE advent of genius is the most striking,
and will, in time, be perceived to be the most important species of ..."
5. The Iliad of Homer by Homer (1796)
"... to prefer a judicious and methodical genius to a great and fruitful one, is,
... That wild and exuberant genius, Dryden, has been of late years much ..."
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