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- grammar - What is the plural of the word genius? - English Language . . .
According to the American Heritage Dictionary, if you use "genius" in any other meaning, including "an extremely intelligent human being", the correct plural form is "geniuses" Other dictionaries may list more meanings of the word , but the point remains that e g three persons with extraordinary mental capacity are geniuses , with "genii
- Is there any relation between genius and ingenious?
genius meant "the tutelar deity of a person or place" ingenium meant "innate or natural quality, nature" Both words ultimately derive from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵenh₁-("to produce, to beget, to give birth") The prefix in-has several meanings in Latin
- word usage - In what context is the plural of genius, genii . . .
'Boucher’s paintings did not suit the austere genius of neoclassicism' However, they indicate the usual "geniuses" for the now rather rare and archaic meaning A person regarded as exerting a powerful influence over another for good or evil: 'he sees Adams as the man’s evil genius' 'this young man is my good genius, my guardian angel'
- Can the word ‘genius’ be used as an adjective?
As a note, I imagine that the use of 'genius' as an adjective has in fact arisen as a mistaken combination of the two words 'genius' and 'ingenious' in much the same way as the erroneous 'irregardless' has come from 'regardless' and 'irrespective' Also, not to be confused with ingenuous
- Quote about making simple things complicated and complex things simple
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- What is the origin of the phrase great minds think alike?
@Clare - Robertson cannot be given the entire credit for the proverb, simply because he modified something that was already in existence, namely, the proverb ‘Great minds jump’ (where ‘jump’ is not to be understood in the sense of ‘push oneself off a surface, but in its now-obsolete form, meaning ‘completely agree’)
- What exactly is Imma? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
In 2010, linguist Neal Whitman wrote it's the Prime Time for "Imma" commenting on its use in pop lyrics In fact, this Imma (also spelled I'ma, I'mma, Ima, and I'm a) is not the contraction I'm followed by a, but a contraction of I'm gonna — which, of course, is a contraction of I'm going to, which is itself a contraction of I am going to
- pejorative language - Word for someone seeming deep and intelligent . . .
What is the word for someone trying to seem be deep and intelligent, but really they are shallow, and not at all being insightful Pedant is about rules, so that is disqualified, the closest I could
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