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Traditional English :: genuine
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genuie.html - adj. 1 really coming from its stated, advertised, or reputed source. 2 properly so called; not sham. 3 pure-bred. genuinely adv. genuineness n. [L genuinus f. genu knee, with ref. to a father's acknowledging a new-born child by placing it on his knee: later associated with GENUS] |
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Traditional English :: genuflect
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genuie.html - v.intr. bend the knee, esp. in worship or as a sign of respect. genuflection n. (also genuflexion). genuflector n. [eccl.L genuflectere genuflex- f. L genu the knee + flectere bend] |
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Traditional English :: genuine
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genuie.html - adj. 1 really coming from its stated, advertised, or reputed source. 2 properly so called; not sham. 3 pure-bred. genuinely adv. genuineness n. [L genuinus f. genu knee, with ref. to a father's acknowledging a new-born child by placing it on his knee: later associated with GENUS] |
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Traditional English :: genus
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genuie.html - n. (pl. genera) 1 Biol. a taxonomic grouping of organisms having common characteristics distinct from those of other genera, usu. containing several or many species and being one of a series constituting a taxonomic family. 2 a kind or class having common characteristics. 3 Logic kinds of things including subordinate kinds or species. [L genus -eris birth, race, stock] |
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English Idioms :: general
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genuie.html - See: IN GENERAL. |
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English Idioms :: generation gap
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genuie.html - {n.}, {informal}, {hackneyed phrase} The difference in social values, philosophies, and manners between children and their parents, teachers and relatives which causes a lack of understanding between them and frequently leads to violent confrontations. * /My daughter is twenty and I am forty, but we have no generation gap in our family./ |
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