budding genius

a very bright and promising young person. Harry is a budding genius, but he seems like a fairly normal teenager.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Nicostrato	nee-ko-STRAH-to	Italian
Cornelia	[kɔ:'ni:ljə]
Hallie	HAL-ee	English
Sture	STOO-re (Swedish)	Swedish, Medieval Scandinavian
Francesc	frən-SESK	Catalan
Boone	[bu:n]