Emily Dickinson Lexicon

gem-tactic (-s), n. [see gem, n.]

Precious skills.

general, adj. [L. genus, class, kind, race.]

1. Common; usual; miscellaneous.
2. Public; common; relating to the whole community; prevalent; widespread.
3. Having a relation to all; common to the whole; completely or approximately universal.

general, n. [see general, adj.]

General officer in the military; definite rank; chief commander of an army.

generally, adv. [see general, adj.]

In the main; without detail; in whole taken together; usually.

generate, v. [L. genus, race, stock.]

Cause to produce; form; bring about; give rise to; [fig.] procreate; propagate.

generation (-s), n. [see generate, v.]

1. People of the same period, or living at the same time.
2. Descendants; posterity; single succession of natural descent; race; manner; of descent.

generic, adj. [L.]

Mental image formed by bundling several members of a class or by preventing image from becoming fully determinate; pertaining to a genus or kind; applied to a large group or class of objects.

Genesis (Genesis'), proper n. [L. < Gk 'origin, creation, generation, come into being, be born'.]

1. First book of the Bible; first scroll of the Pentateuch; earliest Old Testament volume; [fig.] beginning; time of birth; mode of formation.
2. Creation; Nature; Earth; the World; [personification] Adam and Eve; humankind.
3. Eden; humankind's origin; primordial days; the beginning of time; the onset of mortality; [metonymy] the Fall.

Geneva (-'s), proper n. [Celtic gena, mouth < IE root gen, bend < proto IE origin gan, estuary.]

City in Switzerland; home of Calvinism; city of great clock-making skill; [fig.] resurrection.

genial, adj. [L. genius.]

Gay; merry; enlivening; contributing to live and cheerfulness; supporting life; conducive to growth; pleasant; warm; mild; cheering; inspiriting; jovial; kindly; [fig.] not usual, e.g. “genial gods” in reference to gods of earth, air, fire, water.