ιδιοφυΐα — meaning in English

English meaning

• brain noun The organ inside the skull that controls thought, memory, emotion, and the rest of the nervous system.
• genius noun A person with exceptional intelligence, talent, or creative ability.

Senses

ιδιοφυΐα is used for these senses in English:

• brain (informal) An intelligent person.
• genius (countable) Someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill; especially somebody who has demonstrated this by a creative or original work in science, music, art, etc.

brain — full definition

1. noun The organ inside the skull that controls thought, memory, emotion, and the rest of the nervous system.
2. noun A person's intelligence or mental ability.
3. noun An especially intelligent person, or the person supplying the ideas behind a plan.
4. verb Informal: to hit someone hard on the head.

genius — full definition

1. noun A person with exceptional intelligence, talent, or creative ability.
2. noun Exceptional natural ability or a flash of remarkable insight.
3. adj (informal) Extremely clever or brilliant.

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