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genethliac

/d͡ʒəˈnɛθ.li.æk/

genethliac adjective: of or pertaining to the casting of horoscopes at a person's birth.

Adjective

genethliac (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to the casting of horoscopes at a person's birth

Noun

genethliac (plural genethliacs)

  1. A person who casts horoscopes.
    • The follie of our genethliaks, or nativiti-casters.1584, Reginald Scot, The Discoverie of Witchcraft
  2. A birthday poem.

genethliac meaning in Bengali

genethliac in Bengali

যিনি কুষ্ঠি তৈরি করেন, জন্মদিন সংক্রান্ত কবিতা

Forms of genethliac

pluralgenethliacs

Origin of genethliac

From Latin genethliacus, from Ancient Greek γενεθλιακός (genethliakós, “belonging to a birthday”).

Words formed from genethliac

Questions about genethliac

What does genethliac mean?
Genethliac means of or pertaining to the casting of horoscopes at a person's birth.
What is genethliac in Bengali?
Genethliac in Bengali is যিনি কুষ্ঠি তৈরি করেন, জন্মদিন সংক্রান্ত কবিতা. See Genethliac meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is genethliac?
Genethliac can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce genethliac?
Genethliac is pronounced /d͡ʒəˈnɛθ.li.æk/.

Words near genethliac in the dictionary

  1. genesiurgic
  2. Genest
  3. Genests
  4. genet
  5. genethics
  6. genethliac
  7. genethliaca
  8. genethliacal
  9. genethliacon
  10. genethliacs
  11. genethlialogic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: genethliac (page history and authors); genethliac (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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