brainiac
[ brey-nee-ak ]
/ ˈbreɪ niˌæk /
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noun
a highly intelligent person.
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Nearby words
brained, brainerd, brainfag, brainfart, brainfood, brainiac, brainish, brainless, brainlessly, brainpan, brainpower
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British Dictionary definitions for brainiac
brainiac
/ (ˈbreɪnɪˌæk) /
noun
informal a highly intelligent person
Word Origin for brainiac
C20: from a super-intelligent character in an American comic strip
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Word Origin and History for brainiac
brainiac
"very smart person," 1982, U.S. slang, from brain (n.) + ending from ENIAC, etc. Brainiac also was the name of a comic book villain in the Superman series and a do-it-yourself computer building kit, both from the late 1950s, and the word may bear traces of either or both of these.
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