genuine
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 8
- Words With Friends
- 12
- Letters
- 7
/ˈd͡ʒɛn.juː.ɪn/
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/ˈd͡ʒɛn.juː.ɪn/ · /ˈd͡ʒɛn.juː.aɪn/ · /ˈd͡ʒɛn.juˌɪn/ · /ˈd͡ʒɛn.juˌaɪn/ · /ˈd͡ʒen.jʉː.ɪn/ · /ˈd͡ʒɛn.jʉː.ɑen/
Definition of genuine
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
- Belonging to, or proceeding from the original stock; native
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adj
- Belonging to, or proceeding from the original stock; native
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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.”
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Etymology
From Latin genuīnus (“innate, native, natural”), from genus, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-.
Words you can make from genuine
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