intellect

nounattested in dialogue

United Kingdom//ˈɪntəlɛkt//
Canada//ˈɪntəˌlɛkt//
Australia//ˈɪntəlekt//

The faculty of thinking, judging, abstract reasoning, and conceptual understanding; the cognitive faculty.

noun

1
The faculty of thinking, judging, abstract reasoning, and conceptual understanding; the cognitive faculty.
Intellect is one of man's greatest powers.
2
The capacity of that faculty (in a particular person).
They were chosen because of their outstanding intellect.
Arms of stripes and shirts of checks / You had a very nice intellect
3
A person who has that faculty to a great degree.
Some of the world's leading intellects were meeting there.

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin intellēctus (“understanding, intellect”), from Latin intellegō (“understand; reason”), from inter (“between, among”) + legō (“read”), with connotation of bind.

Forms

plural: intellects

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intellect · The faculty of thinking, judging, abstract reasoning, and conceptual understanding; the cognitive faculty.

intellectual · Pertaining to, or performed by, the intellect; mental or…intelligence · The capacity of mind, especially to understand principles,…intelligent · Of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright.

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