intellect
pronunciation
How to pronounce intellect in British English:
UK [ˈɪntəlekt]
How to pronounce intellect in American English:
US [ˈɪntəlekt]
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- Noun:
- knowledge and intellectual ability
- the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination
- a person who uses the mind creatively
Word Origin
- intellect
- intellect: [14] Intellect and intelligent come from the same ultimate source: Latin intelligere ‘perceive, choose between’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix inter- ‘between’ and legere ‘gather, choose, read’ (source of English lecture, legible, etc). Its past participle intellectus came to be used as a noun meaning ‘perception, comprehension’, which English acquired as intellect via Old French; while its present participle intelligēns gave English intelligent [16].The derivative intelligentsia [20] was borrowed from Russian intelligyentsia, which in turn came via Polish inteligiencja from Latin intelligentia ‘intelligence’.=> intelligent, lecture, legible
- intellect (n.)
- late 14c. (but little used before 16c.), from Old French intellecte "intellectual capacity" (13c.), and directly from Latin intellectus "discernment, a perception, understanding," from noun use of past participle of intelligere "to understand, discern" (see intelligence).
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Example
- 1. Light yellow is associated with intellect freshness and joy .
- 2. But there 's some question as to whether our intellect can overrule our emotion in every instance and in every situation .
- 3. It 's associated with joy happiness intellect and energy .
- 4. Yellow is symbolic of the intellect in dreams .
- 5. Evolutionary pressure no longer favors intellect , so the problem is getting exponentially worse .