- plural of genius.
genii
Americannoun
noun
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And how could they be in any art that is, above and beyond all else, a celebration of genii loci, spirits of place?
From New York Times ● May 4, 2023
It turns out that swifts, beloved genii locorum of bright summer streets, are just as much nocturnal creatures of thick summer darkness.
From New York Times ● Jul. 29, 2020
The presiding genii of this particular work include Adrienne Rich, Sigmund Freud, Alice Miller and, above all, Virginia Woolf and the British psychoanalyst DW Winnicott.
From The Guardian ● May 24, 2012
The registration spells the Latin word "genii", meaning magical person or being.
From BBC ● May 15, 2011
Is it the wonderful effect of solitude that makes me irrecognisable to myself; or do spirits and genii hover round me and hold my senses in thrall?
From Tales From the 'Phantasus', etc. of Ludwig Tieck by Ludwig Tieck
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