brainpower

noun
/ˈbɹeɪnˌpaʊə/UK/ˈbɹeɪnˌpaʊ.ɚ/US

Etymology

From brain + power.

  1. derived from possum
  2. derived from posso
  3. derived from poeir
  4. inherited from power
  5. compounded as brainpower — “brain + power

Definitions

  1. Mental ability

    Mental ability; intelligence.

    • He applied his brainpower to the problem.
  2. Intelligent people considered or regarded as a group.

    • I suspect the think tank lacks the brainpower to function effectively.
    • “Brainpower rankings usually identify the usual suspects: college towns like Boston, Washington, D.C., and the San Francisco Bay area. And to be sure, these places generally have the highest per capita education levels.”

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for brainpower. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA