GENIPAP, jen'i-pap, _n._ a large West Indian tree with excellent fruit.
[Native.]
GENISTA, j[=e]-nis'ta, _n._ a large genus of shrubby, leguminous plants,
with simple leaves and yellow flowers. [L. _genista_, broom.]
GENITAL, jen'i-tal, _adj._ belonging to generation or the act of
producing.--_n.pl._ GEN'ITALS (also GENIT[=A]'LIA), the exterior organs of
generation. [L. _genitalis_--_gign[)e]re_, _genitum_, to beget.]
GENITIVE, jen'i-tiv, _adj._ (_gram._) applied to a case properly denoting
the class or kind to which a thing belongs, represented in modern English
by the possessive case.--_adj._ GENIT[=I]'VAL. [L. _genitivus_
(_gign[)e]re_, _genitum_, to beget), as if indicating origin, a
mistranslation of Gr. _genikos_--_genos_, a class.]
GENIUS, j[=e]n'yus, or j[=e]'ni-us, _n._ the special inborn faculty of any
individual: special taste or disposition qualifying for a particular
employment: a man having such power of mind: a good or evil spirit,
supposed by the ancients to preside over every person, place, and thing,
and esp. to preside over a man's destiny from his birth: prevailing spirit
or tendency: type or generic exemplification--(_obs._) G[=E]N'IO:--_pl._
GENIUSES (j[=e]n'yus-ez).--GENIUS LOCI (L.), the presiding divinity of a
place:--_pl._ GENII (j[=e]'ni-[=i]). [L. _genius_--_gign[)e]re_, _genitum_,
to beget.]
GENOESE, je-n[=o]-[=e]z', _adj._ relating to _Genoa_--also GENOVESE'.--_n._
an inhabitant of Genoa.
GENOUILLÈRE, zhe-n[=oo]-y[=a]r, _n._ the knee-piece in armour.
GENRE, zhangr, _n._ kind, style: a style of painting scenes from familiar
or rustic life. [Fr. _genre_, kind--L. _genus_.]
GENS, jenz, _n._ in ancient Rome, a clan including several families
descended from a common ancestor: a tribe:--_pl._ GEN'TES. [L.]