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genesiac

genesiac adjective: pertaining to origin.

Adjective (1)

genesiac (comparative more genesiac, superlative most genesiac)

  1. Pertaining to origin.
    • The Virgin strikes the globe, and from it issues infinite treasures. Mine delivers the key of human destinies and the sombre enigma of the Sphinx. All that in a few touches! A little colour,—and the mystery of the world is revealed! It is cyclopean,—it is genesiac. Human genius will never transcend...1848 September 16, The Athenæum: Journal of Literature, Science, and the Fine Arts, number 1090, London: […] James Holmes, […] J. Francis, page 928, column 3
    • In Greece, the phallus was so pervasive as a genesiac symbol in every phase of daily life, that there were loaves baked in phallic form.1963, Harry E. Wedeck, Love Potions Through the Ages, Vision, page 51

Adjective (2) capitalized: Genesiac

Genesiac (not comparable)

  1. Relating to Genesis in the Bible.

Forms of genesiac

comparativemore genesiac
superlativemost genesiac

Questions about genesiac

What does genesiac mean?
Genesiac means pertaining to origin.
What part of speech is genesiac?
Genesiac is an adjective.

Words near genesiac in the dictionary

  1. Geneseo
  2. geneserine
  3. geneses
  4. geneset
  5. genesets
  6. genesiac
  7. Genesiacal
  8. genesial
  9. genesiology
  10. genesis
  11. Genesis Planet

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