Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Lexicon: general – genius
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general, adj. [L. genus, class, kind, race.]
- Common; usual; miscellaneous.
- Public; common; relating to the whole community; prevalent; widespread.
- Universal; all-inclusive; relevant to all.
general, n. [see general, adj.]
Chief; high-ranking military officer; commander of an army.
generally, adv. [see general, adj.]
Usually; without detail; in the main; in whole taken together.
generate, v. [L. genus, race, stock.]
Produce; propagate; form; bring about; give rise to.
generation (-s), n. [see generate, v.]
- Kindred; nation; people of the same time period; deceased loved ones who used to be alive; [fig.] children of God.
- People; [plural]; citizens; multitudes; populations; concourses; throngs; large groups of contemporaries.
- Posterity; ancestral line; family lineage; [plural] descendants; successions of relatives.
generic, adj. [L.]
Bland; insipid; common; ordinary; customary; regular; not distinct.
Genesis (Genesis'), proper n. [L. < Gk 'origin, creation, generation, come into being, be born'.]
- First book of the Bible; first scroll of the Pentateuch; earliest Old Testament volume; [fig.] beginning; time of birth; mode of formation.
- Creation; Nature; Earth; the World; [personification] Adam and Eve; humankind.
- 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.]
Merry; pleasant; warm; mild; cheering; jovial; kindly; [fig.] airy; fresh; animating; invigorating; inspiriting; inspirational; enlivening; supporting life; contributing to liveliness; conducive to growth.
genius, n. [L. gigno, to be born, to come into being, to beget.]
Particular natural talent or aptitude of mind for a particular study or course of life; as, a genius for history, for poetry, or painting; particular power of invention; also pagan belief of personal attendant god or spirit who governs fortune and determines character.