Genius
noun — Plural: Genii, Geniuses
- 1.
- (great mental and inventive ability, high power of mind, one with this, tutelary, animating, spirit, a person endowed with the highest mental gifts) ទេពារក្ស (ទេវតាអ្នករក្សាជនម្នាក់ៗ)
Example: A great musician, a great inventor, or a great poet is a genius. man of great genius ទេពកោសល្យ, He's a genius មនុស្សទេព, មនុស្សដែលមានប្រាជ្ញាដ៏ក្រៃលែង
Example: My brother has a genius for mathematics.
ENGLISH MEANING
noun — Plural: Genii, Geniuses
- 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.
- 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.
- 5.
- A man endowed with uncommon vigor of mind; a man of superior intellectual faculties; as, Shakespeare was a rare genius.
- 1.
- ability, aptitude, brains, capability, creativity, faculty, gift, inspiration, intellect, intelligence, originality, sagacity, talent, wisdom
- 2.
- adept, gifted, intellectual, prodigy, proficient