geniosity

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

genius +‎ -osity

Noun[edit]

geniosity (uncountable)

  1. (informal) Genius (extraordinary mental capacity).
    • 1804, Pierce Egan, Sporting Anecdotes, page 37:
      Lord help the poor law-makers; they always leave a hole for a man of geniosity to creep out of!
    • 2010, Frances O'Roark Dowell, Phineas L. MacGuire . . . Gets Slimed!, page 89:
      I could not believe my own personal geniosity at that very moment. My brain had come through, just like I knew it would.
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