Word of the Day:
genial
What It Means
Friendly and cheerful; enlivening.
Marked by genius.
a genial glow
Genial in Context
“About fifty years later, in 1675, the Danish astronomer Ole Roemer (1644-1710) had the genial idea of using astronomical rather than terrestrial distances.”
Did You Know?
Borrowed from Middle French génial, borrowed from Latin geniālis (“of or pertaining to marriage; festive”), from genius (“guardian spirit”) + -ālis.
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