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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
- meaning of Trumps stable genius - English Language Usage Stack . . .
The quote explicitly uses the term stable genius to indicate that he is not a "defective" As we know "defective" was a historical term used to refer to individuals who had mental disabilities of some kind So it is clear that in common usage a "stable genius" is intended to mean a genius without any mental disabilities
- grammaticality - What is the correct preposition in a real genius in . . .
The word genius can be used as noun or adjective To use ‘genius’ as a noun, you have to use the word as if it is a ‘thing’ He is a football genius That was a stroke of genius To use ‘genius’ as an adjective, you have to use the word as if you were describing something He comes up with some amazing, genius ideas!
- 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
- Is there a word for someone who is a genius, or intelligent, but . . .
Is there a word for someone who is a genius, or intelligent, but ignorant of obvious things, in a none intention sense? A character flaw I think of Orwell's "doublethink", according to Wiktionary, the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them, but that doesn't quiet do it
- 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’)
- Quote about making simple things complicated and complex things simple
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