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Gemini|ˈdʒɛmɪnaɪ|
Forms: 4 gemyni, 6–7 geminy, (5 gemeny, 6 gemyne, 7 gemony, and (with plural ending) geminies, 5– gemini. Also (sense 3 only) 7 gemony, 9 gemminy, jeminy, jimminy, jiminy.
[a. L. geminī (pl. of geminus) twins; also the name of the constellation.]
1. Astron. A constellation, otherwise ‘Castor and Pollux’; also the third sign of the zodiac, with which this constellation was anciently identical.
c1391Chaucer Astrol. i. §21 Gemyni. 1413Pilgr. Sowle (Caxton 1483) v. x. 100 The signe of gemini that ben cleped twynnes or doubles. 1426Pol. Poems (Rolls) II. 139 Furious Mars, the ferfulle red sterre..Was two pocys passed of gemeny. 1503Hawes Examp. Virt. i. (Arb.) 7 And Dyane entred was one degre Into the sygne of Gemyne. 1633P. Fletcher Purple Isl. x. xxiv, Not those [twins] in heaven, the flowery geminies, Are half so bright. 1695Congreve Love for L. ii. iii, She..was born under Gemini. 1797Encycl. Brit. II. 521/1 From the shifting of the equinoctial points..those stars which were in Aries are now got into Taurus; those of Taurus into Gemini. 1855Tennyson Maud iii. vi. 1 When..the starry Gemini hang like glorious crowns Over Orion's grave.
b. Astrol. A person born under the sign of Gemini. Also attrib. or as adj.
1894E. Kirk Influence of Zodiac upon Human Life xi. 78 Gemini women are especially fond of color, and of flowers. 1927[see Taurus 1 c]. 1940,1969[see Sagittarius 3]. 1972V. C. Clinton-Baddeley To study Long Silence i. vi. 33 Davie was Gemini. Solemnly he consulted his fate. 1984Observer 11 Mar. 12/8 Geminis spend most of their working time in corridors or other people's offices.
†2. Used for: A couple, a pair; esp. in pl. form, a pair of eyes. Obs.
1598Shakes. Merry W. ii. ii. 8 Else you had look'd through the grate, like a Geminy of Baboones. 1633P. Fletcher Purple Isl. i. xxxi, Or, shine upon me with her Geminies? 1635Quarles Embl. ii. iv, He that daily spies Twin babies in his mistress' Geminis. 1638Ford Lady's Trial i. ii. (1639) C 1 b, Heres now the Gemini of wit. 1700Congreve Way of World iv. ix, A gemini of Asses split, would make just four of you.
†3. to play the gemini: ? alluding to the twin gods (Castor and Pollux) who could never be both in heaven or both in Hades at the same time.
1622Cocks Diary (1883) II. 295 God grant Tozayemon Dono do not play the jemeny with us.
4. A mild form of oath or exclamation. vulgar.[Perhaps a distinct word. Cf. Ger. gemine, jemine, which Hildebrand (in Grimm's D. Wb.) regards as a corruption of Jesu domine; also Du. jemenie, jemie.] 1664Scudamore Homer a la Mode 99 O Gemony! neighbour, what a blisse is This, that [etc.]. 1666–7Denham Direct. Paint. i. xx, Henceforth, O Gemini! two Dukes Command. 1681Otway Soldier's Fort. ii. i, Gemini! what wou'd become of me? 1694Crowne Married Beau ii. 3, Oh Gemini! what a rare Complement Has she bestowed upon that ugly Fellow. 1704Rowe Biter iii. i, Oh gemini! I wou'dn't marry such a strange sort of an Old Fellow for all the world. 1780H. Cowley Belle's Strat. iv. ii, Oh Gemini! beg the Petticoat's pardon. Just saw a corner of it. 1798Morton Secr. Worth Knowing i. i, Oh gemini gig! how my poor bones do ache! 1833M. Scott Tom Cringle i, Gemini! what is that now? quoth Tip again. 1863Reade Hard Cash I. iv. 124 O, jiminy! This polite ejaculation was drawn out by the speaker's sudden recognition of Alfred.
Hence ˈGeminids pl. [see -id], the meteoric bodies forming the ‘star-shower’ that has its radiant point in Gemini.
1876G. F. Chambers Astron. 799 The example has been followed in designating other meteor showers by the constellations in which their radiant-points are situated; so that we have..the Geminids of December 12. |