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"sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill",
"word": "გენიოსი"
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"word": "გენია"
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"roman": "nič̣ieri adamiani",
"sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill",
"word": "ნიჭიერი ადამიანი"
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"sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill",
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"sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill",
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],
"word": "μεγαλοφυία"
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"sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill",
"word": "akamai"
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"roman": "ga'on",
"sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill",
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"word": "גאון"
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"sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill",
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"sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill",
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"word": "snillingur"
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"sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill",
"word": "genius"
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"sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill",
"word": "jenius"
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"sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill",
"tags": [
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"word": "duine ardéirime"
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"alt": "てんさい",
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"sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill",
"word": "天才"
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"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "teipiereak",
"sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill",
"word": "ទេពារក្ស"
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"sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill",
"word": "천재"
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"sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill",
"tags": [
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"word": "ģēnijs"
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"tags": [
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"word": "гениј"
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"roman": "genijálec",
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"sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill",
"word": "pintar"
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"roman": "pratibha",
"sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill",
"word": "പ്രതിഭ"
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"sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill",
"tags": [
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"word": "ardcheeayllagh"
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"sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill",
"word": "نابغه"
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"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill",
"tags": [
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"word": "geniusz"
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"sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill",
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"sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill",
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"word": "crânio"
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"sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill",
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"sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill",
"word": "henyo"
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"roman": "àtchàríyá bùkkon",
"sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill",
"word": "อัจฉริยบุคคล"
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"sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill",
"word": "dâhi"
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"roman": "hénij",
"sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill",
"tags": [
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"word": "ге́ній"
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"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill",
"word": "thiên tài"
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"text": "Excuse, therefore, the shortcomings of genius under the sudorific influence of the summer solstice; for be assured that the vertical sun, however it may dulcify and mature cherries, plums, and other fruitful ‘plumpitudes,’ is by no means favorable to the development of intellectual products.",
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"sense": "extraordinary mental capacity",
"word": "düha"
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"roman": "genialnost",
"sense": "extraordinary mental capacity",
"tags": [
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"word": "гениалност"
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"roman": "tiāncái",
"sense": "extraordinary mental capacity",
"word": "天才"
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"sense": "extraordinary mental capacity",
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"word": "genialiteit"
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"sense": "extraordinary mental capacity",
"word": "geniaalsus"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "extraordinary mental capacity",
"word": "nerous"
},
{
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "extraordinary mental capacity",
"word": "nerokkuus"
},
{
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"word": "nerollisuus"
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"sense": "extraordinary mental capacity",
"tags": [
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"word": "xenio"
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"roman": "nič̣iereba",
"sense": "extraordinary mental capacity",
"word": "ნიჭიერება"
},
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"roman": "genialuroba",
"sense": "extraordinary mental capacity",
"word": "გენიალურობა"
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"sense": "extraordinary mental capacity",
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"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill",
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{
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"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill",
"word": "gjeni"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "hančar",
"sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill",
"word": "հանճար"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill",
"word": "dahi"
},
{
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill",
"word": "jeinu"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "génij",
"sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ге́ний"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "geni"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "réncái",
"sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill",
"word": "人才"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tiāncái",
"sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill",
"word": "天才"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "génius"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "genie"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill",
"word": "geniulo"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill",
"word": "geenius"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill",
"word": "suurvaim"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill",
"word": "nero"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "génie"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "xenio"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "geniosi",
"sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill",
"word": "გენიოსი"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "genia",
"sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill",
"word": "გენია"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "nič̣ieri adamiani",
"sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill",
"word": "ნიჭიერი ადამიანი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Genie"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "megalofyía",
"sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "μεγαλοφυία"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "idiofyía",
"sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ιδιοφυία"
},
{
"code": "haw",
"lang": "Hawaiian",
"sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill",
"word": "akamai"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "ga'on",
"sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "גאון"
},
{
"code": "hu",
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"sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill",
"word": "géniusz"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill",
"word": "zseni"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill",
"word": "lángész"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill",
"word": "lángelme"
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{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "snillingur"
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{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill",
"word": "genio"
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{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill",
"word": "genius"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill",
"word": "jenius"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "duine ardéirime"
},
{
"alt": "てんさい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tensai",
"sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill",
"word": "天才"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "teipiereak",
"sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill",
"word": "ទេពារក្ស"
},
{
"alt": "天才",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "cheonjae",
"sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill",
"word": "천재"
},
{
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "blîmet",
"sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill",
"word": "بلیمەت"
},
{
"code": "lad",
"lang": "Ladino",
"sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "djenio"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ģēnijs"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "genij",
"sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "гениј"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "genijálec",
"sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "генија́лец"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill",
"word": "pintar"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "pratibha",
"sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill",
"word": "പ്രതിഭ"
},
{
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ardcheeayllagh"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "nâbeğe",
"sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill",
"word": "نابغه"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "geniusz"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill",
"tags": [
"Portugal",
"masculine"
],
"word": "génio"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill",
"tags": [
"Brazil",
"masculine"
],
"word": "gênio"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill",
"tags": [
"Brazil",
"informal",
"masculine"
],
"word": "crânio"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "geniu"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "génij",
"sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ге́ний"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "génius"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "genij"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "genio"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "geni"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill",
"word": "henyo"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "àtchàríyá bùkkon",
"sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill",
"word": "อัจฉริยบุคคล"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill",
"word": "dâhi"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "hénij",
"sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ге́ній"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill",
"word": "thiên tài"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "athrylith"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "goen",
"sense": "someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "גאון"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "hančar",
"sense": "extraordinary mental capacity",
"word": "հանճար"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "extraordinary mental capacity",
"word": "düha"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "genialnost",
"sense": "extraordinary mental capacity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "гениалност"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "extraordinary mental capacity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "geni"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tiāncái",
"sense": "extraordinary mental capacity",
"word": "天才"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "extraordinary mental capacity",
"word": "geni"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "extraordinary mental capacity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "extraordinary mental capacity",
"word": "geniaalsus"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "extraordinary mental capacity",
"word": "nerous"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "extraordinary mental capacity",
"word": "nerokkuus"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "extraordinary mental capacity",
"word": "nerollisuus"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "extraordinary mental capacity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "xenio"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "nič̣iereba",
"sense": "extraordinary mental capacity",
"word": "ნიჭიერება"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "genialuroba",
"sense": "extraordinary mental capacity",
"word": "გენიალურობა"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "extraordinary mental capacity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Genialität"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "megalofyía",
"sense": "extraordinary mental capacity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "μεγαλοφυία"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "extraordinary mental capacity",
"word": "zsenialitás"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "extraordinary mental capacity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ardéirim"
},
{
"code": "lad",
"lang": "Ladino",
"sense": "extraordinary mental capacity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "djenio"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "extraordinary mental capacity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "apdāvinātība"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "extraordinary mental capacity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ģenialitāte"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "genijálnost",
"sense": "extraordinary mental capacity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "генија́лност"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "genij",
"sense": "extraordinary mental capacity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "гениј"
},
{
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "extraordinary mental capacity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ardcheeayll"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "extraordinary mental capacity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "geniusz"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "extraordinary mental capacity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "genialidade"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "extraordinary mental capacity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "genialitate"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "geniálʹnostʹ",
"sense": "extraordinary mental capacity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "гениа́льность"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "odarjónnostʹ",
"sense": "extraordinary mental capacity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "одарённость"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "extraordinary mental capacity",
"word": "génius"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "extraordinary mental capacity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "genialnost"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "extraordinary mental capacity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "genio"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "extraordinary mental capacity",
"word": "henyo"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "extraordinary mental capacity",
"word": "deha"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "heniálʹnistʹ",
"sense": "extraordinary mental capacity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "геніа́льність"
},
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"sense": "inspiration, mental leap, extraordinary creative process",
"word": "გენიალურობა"
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"ref": "2002, Oskar Bandle, Lennart Elmevik, Gun Widmark, The Nordic Languages: An International Handbook of the North Germanic Languages, volume 1, page 466",
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"text": "We all know how genius “Kamp Krusty,” “A Streetcar Named Marge,” “Homer The Heretic,” “Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie” and “Mr. Plow” are, but even the relatively unheralded episodes offer wall-to-wall laughs and some of the smartest, darkest, and weirdest gags ever Trojan-horsed into a network cartoon with a massive family audience.",
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"ref": "2019, Iswarya Somasundaram, Research the Treasure, page 64",
"text": "But Vahul was more genius than Rishi.",
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"ref": "2022 August 2, Wanda Sutherland, “Dangers of vaping: Teen use of e-cigarettes considered epidemic”, in Elk Valley Times",
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"code": "ar",
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"roman": "ʕabqariyy",
"sense": "very clever",
"word": "عَبْقَرِيّ"
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"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "hjenijálʹny",
"sense": "very clever",
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "genialen",
"sense": "very clever",
"word": "гениален"
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"sense": "very clever",
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"sense": "very clever",
"word": "genialny"
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"roman": "geniálʹnyj",
"sense": "very clever",
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "very clever",
"word": "dâhice"
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{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "heniálʹnyj",
"sense": "very clever",
"word": "геніа́льний"
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