brainiac
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English
Etymology
Blend of brain + maniac, with influence from ENIAC, the name of an early computer. The term was coined in the Superman comic book and first appeared in Action Comics #242 in July, 1958.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɹeɪniæk/
Audio (General Australian): (file) - Rhymes: -eɪniæk
Noun
brainiac (plural brainiacs)
- (slang, sometimes derogatory) A very intelligent and usually studious, erudite person.
- 2009 July 18, Tom Armstrong, Marvin (comic):
- With all the brainiacs in the world ... you'd think somebody would come up with a sunblock for ice cream.
- 2019 February 8, Margaret Wertheim, “Minds that explore the beauty of math and the logic of art”, in Washington Post, →ISSN:
- With nearly 900,000 Twitter followers, Popova is a member of a rare pantheon of “influencers” for the brainiac crowd. Miraculously, she makes a living writing a blog about science, literature, philosophy, feminism and whatever else takes her voracious and generous fancy.
Translations
a very intelligent and usually studious, erudite person
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