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masculine

/ˈxenjo/

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Translation

genius; temper, character, disposition

Word origin

From Latin genius, the guardian spirit attending a person from birth, from gignere ('to beget'). The sense of an exceptional mind grew from that idea of an inborn spirit.

Origin: Latin
Root: genius
English cognates: genius, genie, genial

Grammar

Gendermasculine

Pluralgenios

Examples

That musician is a true genius.

My brother has a very bad temper in the morning.

Einstein .

Einstein was one of the great geniuses of science.

, .

Do not talk to him now, he is in a bad mood.

You need to be a genius to solve this.

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This word is part of lesson 28.