Etymology

bonus genius

Today it means: A small wooden doll that is covered with a cape and made to vanish as part of a magic trick. Full definition →

Latin bonus genius
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  1. Latin · learned borrowing frombonus genius
  2. English todaybonus genius

Learned borrowing from Latin bonus genius (literally “good spirit”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.