genuine

adj
/ˈd͡ʒɛn.juː.ɪn/UK/ˈd͡ʒɛn.juˌɪn/CA/ˈd͡ʒen.jʉː.ɪn/

Etymology

From Latin genuīnus (“innate, native, natural”), from genus, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-.

  1. derived from *ǵenh₁-
  2. derived from genuīnus

Definitions

  1. Belonging to, or proceeding from the original stock

    Belonging to, or proceeding from the original stock; native

  2. Not counterfeit, spurious, false, or adulterated

    • a genuine text; a genuine production; genuine materials; genuine friendship
    • […] and before you could say 'scissors' that customer had forgotten all about the genuine article, and was out of the shop with the bijoutry.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at genuine. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at genuine. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at genuine

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA