2015年11月1日 · 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 ...

2010年12月16日 · 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.

2017年4月17日 · 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!

2011年5月24日 · I am sure this came up in your search, but posting here because this was new to me. According to Seinfeld - Delicate Genius : 1) a highly touted professional (such as a doctor or lawyer) who would not think of talking business outside of business hours 2) a doctor who would charge a patient for a visit if they did not show up (and did not call to cancel), yet would not …

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2015年12月22日 · @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’).

2013年10月10日 · 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.

2019年10月21日 · 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

7th Ghost. Sir I am an universal genius. Merc[ury]. That is to say, in plain English, a Jack of all trades, and good at none. Instances of this version of the expression go back to at least 1721, according to Bartlett Whiting, Early American Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases (1977):

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