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Brainy

//ˈbɹeɪni// adj, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Very intellectually capable. informal

    "She's brainy as well as pretty."

  2. 2
    Of or relating to the brain. rare

    "You shal vnderstande that there springeth of the brayny substaunce of his for*most Ventrikles, two senewes, […]"

Adjective
  1. 1
    having or marked by unusual and impressive intelligence wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English brayny; equivalent to brain + -y.

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