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genius
Part of speech: NounBent of mind or disposition; remarkable ability or natural fitness for some special pursuit, etc.; character or necessary principle; embodiment; a person possessed of high mental powers or faculties; a good or evil spirit supposed to preside over the destinies of men.
Usage examples "genius":- There are those who think it wonderful to find it in a man of genius as great as Laennec. - "Makers of Modern Medicine", James J. Walsh.
- He's full of hope an' says he's soon goin' to show big city papers what genius can do single- handed with a second- hand printin' press, an' he talked an' talked till I really had to tell him that if he didn'twant his breakfast he'd have to go back to bed or else down town." - "Susan Clegg and a Man in the House", Anne Warner.
- She had thought herself ugly and she was beautiful, and now it was evident that she was a genius as well. - "Gulmore, The Boss", Frank Harris.