ingeniumn.
/ɪnˈdʒiːnɪəm/ Turn of mind; genius; talent.
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the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > high intelligence, genius > [noun]
wit1297
ingeny1474
inginea1522
ingenuity1600
flame1642
genius1749
iridescency1799
iridescence1803
brilliance1807
brilliancy1842
superintelligence1876
ingenium1879
1879 W. James Let. 10 Oct. in R. B. Perry Thought & Char. W. James (1935) II. 17 Wundt..certainly is not a first~class ingenium.
1886 G. MacDonald What's Mine's Mine I. xiii. 225 It [sc. a poem] will serve to show something of Ian's youthful ingenium.
1920 T. P. Nunn Education 205 To school a boy in the tradition of one of these ancient occupations is to ensure (if it suits his ingenium) that he will throw himself into his work with spirit.
1921 Glasgow Herald 28 Nov. 5 His scientific ingenium was as keen as ever.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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