Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A genius.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun rare A man of a particular turn of mind.

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  • noun archaic Somebody of a particular turn of mind.

Etymologies

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Italian. See genius.

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Examples

  • Con i milioni di drive-in theatre girati nel mondo, un genio come Tarantino sceglie un piece for one person movie per farne un remake ... e sceglie il mio!

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  • Pienso que Bill Gates es un genio y lo admiro muchísimo.

    Bill Gates and the Greatest Tech Hack Ever - Anil Dash 2008

  • Mr. Nudist Colony Activity Coordinator: un vero uomo di genio.

    No Fat Clips!!! : [BEST OF] August 2008 – pt.2 2008

  • Recordé a Guillén, don Nicolás Guillén, un genio de la musicalidad y del ritmo.

    veruscio Diary Entry veruscio 2008

  • Un genio che chiama abbronzato il nuovo presidente americano.

    No Fat Clips!!! : Smirnoff Black: Matrioska Invaders 2008

  • And whilst the ruder sort are so carried headlong with blind zeal, are so gulled and tortured by their superstitions, their own too credulous simplicity and ignorance, their epicurean popes and hypocritical cardinals laugh in their sleeves, and are merry in their chambers with their punks, they do indulgere genio, and make much of themselves.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • Monachi sese putant prophetare ex Deo, et qui solitariam agunt vitam, quum sit instinctu daemonum; et sic falluntur fatidicae; a malo genio habent, quas putant a Deo, et sic enthusiastae.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • El Mundo | Wagner, genio y... ¿travesti en la intimidad?

    Leituras Artur 2007

  • As [655] all conditions shall be tied to their task, so none shall be overtired, but have their set times of recreations and holidays, indulgere genio, feasts and merry meetings, even to the meanest artificer, or basest servant, once a week to sing or dance, (though not all at once) or do whatsoever he shall please; like [656] that

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • When I first took this task in hand, et quod ait [60] ille, impellents genio negotium suscepi, this I aimed at; [61] vel ut lenirem animum scribendo, to ease my mind by writing; for I had gravidum cor, foetum caput, a kind of imposthume in my head, which I was very desirous to be unladen of, and could imagine no fitter evacuation than this.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

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