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Enius
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(n.) Distinguished mental superiority; uncommon intellectual power; especially, superior power of invention or origination of any kind, or of forming new combinations; as, a man of genius.
(2):
(n.) A man endowed with uncommon vigor of mind; a man of superior intellectual faculties; as, Shakespeare was a rare genius.
(3):
(n.) Peculiar character; animating spirit, as of a nation, a religion, a language.
(4):
(n.) The peculiar structure of mind with whoch each individual is endowed by nature; that disposition or aptitude of mind which is peculiar to each man, and which qualifies him for certain kinds of action or special success in any pursuit; special taste, inclination, or disposition; as, a genius for history, for poetry, or painting.
(5):
(n.) A good or evil spirit, or demon, supposed by the ancients to preside over a man's destiny in life; a tutelary deity; a supernatural being; a spirit, good or bad. Cf. Jinnee.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Enius'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/e/enius.html. 1828.
