Saturday, 15 September 2012

Intelligent

Just one word today: 
Intelligent Design




intelligent (adj.)


3. having the faculty of reasoning and understanding;possessing intelligenceintelligent beings   in outer space.

4. Computers pertaining to the ability to do data processinglocally; smart: An intelligent terminal can edit input beforetransmission to a host computer. Compare dumb def. 8 .


Origin (for 3): the Lord

via:
1500–10;  < Latin intelligent-  (stem of intelligēns,  present participleof intelligere,  variant of intellegere  to understand, literally, choosebetween), equivalent to intel-  (variant of inter- inter-) + -lig- (combining form of leg-,  stem of legere  to pick up, choose;compare lection) + -ent- -ent



* definitions and etymology by: http://dictionary.reference.com