genii
noun
Meaning
- Someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill; especially somebody who has demonstrated this by a creative or original work in science, music, art etc.
- Extraordinary mental capacity.
- Inspiration, a mental leap, an extraordinary creative process.
- The tutelary deity or spirit of a place or person.
- A jinn, a being descended from the jann, normally invisible to the human eye, but who may also appear in animal or human form.
- A fictional magical being that is typically bound to obey the commands of a mortal possessing its container.
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