genuineadj.¹

/ˈdʒɛnjuːɪn/

Etymology: < Latin genuīnus. < pre-Latin *genwo- (compare ingenuus native, free-born, etc.: see ingenuous adj.), < Aryan root *gen- to beget, produce, be born: see kin n.¹

†1.

a. Natural, not foreign or acquired, proper or peculiar to a person or thing, native. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > foundation in fact, validity > [adjective] > in its natural state, unsophisticated

purec1300

right1466

sincere1557

in grain?1577

genuine1607

unsophisticate1607

honesta1616

undistracted1656

unsophisticated1664

inartful1714

unabsurd1744

in the raw1785

1607 M. Drayton Legend Cromwel 10 Strongly attracted by a Genuyne light.

1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion ix. 133 A constant Mayden still shee onely did remaine, The last her genuine lawes which stoutly did retaine.

1629 W. Prynne Church of Englands Old Antithesis 88 The selfe-same things in the same degrees, admit no æqualitie in their genuine and natiue operations.

1644 J. Bulwer Chirologia 118 This genuine blemish and epidemicall disease.

1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 87 This wicked Antichristianism, whose Image we are now setting out in its genuine colours.

1703 tr. G. Della Casa Galateo of Manners 98 Since it is necessary to use Genuine and proper Words in Discourse.

1712 W. Rogers Cruising Voy. 1 I rather chuse to keep to the Language of the Sea, which is more genuine, and natural for a mariner.

†b. genuine to: germane to, closely connected with, arising out of. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > [adverb] > intimately or closely > closely connected with

near home1525

genuine to1659

hand and glove1774

1659 T. Burton Diary (1828) III. 344 Let us debate this. It comes orderly before you; is genuine to your question.

2. Pertaining to the original stock, pure-bred.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > foundation in fact, validity > [adjective] > accurately so named > of blood, breeding

true?a1425

true-born1578

true-bred1595

genuinea1727

pur sang1846

true to form (also type)1868

a1727 I. Newton Chronol. Anc. Kingdoms Amended (1728) ii. 203 Egypt at this time was therefore under the Government of the genuine Egyptians.

1774 J. Bryant New Syst. II. 60 I am..sprung from the genuine and respectable race of Sons.

1834 T. Medwin Angler in Wales I. 21 The race of our bull-dogs is getting fast extinct, and it is rare to see one now of a pure and genuine breed.

1842 J. C. Prichard Nat. Hist. Man 171 The towns and their vicinity are occupied by the genuine Persian race.

1871 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1876) IV. xviii. 295 Another grantee was William of Percy, the founder of a great name, whose genuine bearers soon passed away.

3. Really proceeding from its reputed source or author; not spurious; = authentic adj. 7a.The distinction which the 18th cent. apologists attempted to establish between genuine and authentic (see quot. 1796) does not agree well with the etymology of the latter word, and is not now recognised.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > foundation in fact, validity > [adjective] > authentic > in origin or authorship

authentical1553

authentic1645

genuine1654

ream1851

fair dinkum1906

legit1907

square dinkum1914

1654 J. Bramhall Just Vindic. Church of Eng. v. 90 If any of those Canons which bear their names be genuine.

1719 J. Richardson Art Crit. 145 When we have fix'd a few of the Works of the Masters as Genuine.

1757 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. III. 189 The impossibility that all the three præputia should be genuine reliques.

1779 S. Johnson Butler in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets II. 14 Two volumes..have been printed..indubitably genuine.

1796 Bp. R. Watson Apol. for Bible ii. 33 A genuine book, is that which was written by the person whose name it bears, as the author of it. An authentic book, is that which relates matters of fact, as they really happened.

1833 C. F. Crusé tr. Eusebius Eccl. Hist. (ed. 2) iii. iii. 83 As to the writings of Peter, one of his epistles called the first is acknowledged as genuine.

1850 R. W. Emerson Plato in Representative Men ii. 45 This range of Plato instructs us what to think of the vexed question concerning his reputed works—what are genuine, what spurious.

1882 F. W. Farrar Early Days Christianity II. 530 (note) The fragment..is of very doubtful genuineness, and even if genuine proves nothing.

a. Having the character or origin represented; real, true, not counterfeit, unfeigned, †unadulterated. (the) genuine article: see (the) genuine article at article n. Phrases 3b.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > foundation in fact, validity > [adjective] > genuine, real

soothc888

soothlyc888

soothfastc1175

germanec1384

truea1398

sickera1400

upright?a1500

uncounterfeita1542

righteous1543

legitimate1551

truepennya1556

arrant1570

uncounterfeited1571

real1573

current1578

genuinal1599

unforged1610

unpretended1611

legitime1614

unabusinga1628

Lubish1632

genuine1639

undissembled1651

undissimulate1652

ingenuine1661

infallacious1677

real live1684

unfalsified1688

unmistaken1694

pukka1776

undissimulated1776

unassumed1818

uncynical1824

Simon Pure1834

sure-enough1837

unsimulated1840

straight-out1848

true blue1852

veritable1862

really (and) truly1864

authentic1868

true-metal1868

kosher1896

twenty-four carat1900

honest to goodness1905

echt1916

dinky-di1918

McCoy1928

twenty-two carat1962

right1969

1640 T. Carew Poems 146 We use No..compounds that are Adulterate, but at Natures cheape expence With farre more genuine sweets refresh the sense.

1660 R. Coke Justice Vindicated Ep. Ded. 1 The true and genuine causes.

1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 214 What the genuine sense is I shall take notice in its proper place.

1712 T. Parnell in Spectator No. 501. ⁋6 The whole Vault had a genuine Dismalness in it.

1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. ii. i. 144 Christianity..teaches natural Religion, in its genuine Simplicity.

1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall III. 37 Maximus now displayed his genuine character.

1845 M. Pattison in Christian Remembrancer Jan. 83 Such a genuine expression of paternal regard.

1876 J. B. Mozley Serm. preached Univ. of Oxf. iv. 95 They had no genuine belief in any world which was different from theirs.

absolute.1639 N. N. tr. J. Du Bosc Compl. Woman 34 The modesty of the simple and genuine is wholy in the hart.

b. Properly so called; that is such in the proper sense.

ΚΠ

a1682 Sir T. Browne Certain Misc. Tracts (1683) i. 36 The true and genuine Sycamore..which is a stranger in our parts.

1692 R. Bentley Boyle Lect. i. 3 This latter part to a genuine Atheist is meer Jargon.

1751 J. Harris Hermes i. v. 73 The genuine Pronoun always stands by itself.

1758 Idler 10 June 73 There is no mark more certain of a genuine Idler, than uneasiness without molestation.

1850 H. T. Cheever Whale & his Captors vi. 96 None but a genuine son of the sea..could make these characteristic rhymes.

1852 H. Rogers. Ecl. Faith (1853) 316 A genuine sceptic, as I am.

1879 St. George's Hosp. Rep. 9 63 A piece of genuine false-membrane was coughed out.

5. Of persons: Free from affectation or hypocrisy.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > sincerity, freedom from deceit > [adjective]

aefauldOE

trueOE

true as steela1300

throlya1375

entirec1380

faithfula1382

entirelyc1400

single1519

sincere1533

sincere1539

simple-minded1556

Dunstable?1565

truthful?1567

single-hearted1574

single-minded1577

sound1580

downright1584

unaffected1592

real1597

plain-hearted1601

unartificial1603

free1619

honest1634

fair and square1636

round-dealing1642

wholehearted1657

down flata1663

well-designing1670

heart-whole1684

single-eyed1705

unsanctimoniousa1797

natural1825

bona fide1827

unfallacious1827

jannock1828

forthcoming1835

up and down1836

bonified1840

forthgoing1851

unhypocritical1854

forthright1855

upstanding1863

on the level1872

genuine1890

for real1954

upfront1967

1841 [implied in: T. Carlyle On Heroes ii. 106 One would say the primary character of the Koran is this of its genuineness, of its being a bonâ-fide book. (at genuineness n. 3)].

1853 [implied in: C. Dickens Let. 12 Sept. (1993) VII. 145 I was greatly pleased with his genuineness altogether. (at genuineness n. 3)] ].

1890 Spectator 28 June He is a very great and genuine personage in many ways, but he has his peculiarities like other men.

Draft additions 1993

6. Of a horse or greyhound: that can be relied on to do its best in a race, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > domestic animal > [adjective] > in competition

novice1895

genuine1974

1974 H. E. Clarke Win at Greyhound Racing xii. 139 Ballynennan Moon was one of the tallest and slimmest of racing greyhounds. He was genuine to the nth degree. His consistent record bears this out.

1976 Horse & Hound 3 Dec. 64/1 (advt.) Summerfield has three genuine young horses for sale.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2020).

单词	genuine
释义	genuineadj.¹ /ˈdʒɛnjuːɪn/ Etymology: < Latin genuīnus. < pre-Latin genwo- (compare ingenuus* native, free-born, etc.: see ingenuous adj.), < Aryan root gen- to beget, produce, be born: see kin n.¹ †1. a. Natural, not foreign or acquired, proper or peculiar to a person or thing, native. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > foundation in fact, validity > [adjective] > in its natural state, unsophisticated purec1300 right1466 sincere1557 in grain?1577 genuine1607 unsophisticate1607 honesta1616 undistracted1656 unsophisticated1664 inartful1714 unabsurd1744 in the raw1785 1607 M. Drayton Legend Cromwel* 10 Strongly attracted by a Genuyne light. 1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion ix. 133 A constant Mayden still shee onely did remaine, The last her genuine lawes which stoutly did retaine. 1629 W. Prynne Church of Englands Old Antithesis 88 The selfe-same things in the same degrees, admit no æqualitie in their genuine and natiue operations. 1644 J. Bulwer Chirologia 118 This genuine blemish and epidemicall disease. 1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 87 This wicked Antichristianism, whose Image we are now setting out in its genuine colours. 1703 tr. G. Della Casa Galateo of Manners 98 Since it is necessary to use Genuine and proper Words in Discourse. 1712 W. Rogers Cruising Voy. 1 I rather chuse to keep to the Language of the Sea, which is more genuine, and natural for a mariner. †b. genuine to: germane to, closely connected with, arising out of. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > [adverb] > intimately or closely > closely connected with near home1525 genuine to1659 hand and glove1774 1659 T. Burton Diary (1828) III. 344 Let us debate this. It comes orderly before you; is genuine to your question. 2. Pertaining to the original stock, pure-bred. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > foundation in fact, validity > [adjective] > accurately so named > of blood, breeding true?a1425 true-born1578 true-bred1595 genuinea1727 pur sang1846 true to form (also type)1868 a1727 I. Newton Chronol. Anc. Kingdoms Amended (1728) ii. 203 Egypt at this time was therefore under the Government of the genuine Egyptians. 1774 J. Bryant New Syst. II. 60 I am..sprung from the genuine and respectable race of Sons. 1834 T. Medwin Angler in Wales I. 21 The race of our bull-dogs is getting fast extinct, and it is rare to see one now of a pure and genuine breed. 1842 J. C. Prichard Nat. Hist. Man 171 The towns and their vicinity are occupied by the genuine Persian race. 1871 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1876) IV. xviii. 295 Another grantee was William of Percy, the founder of a great name, whose genuine bearers soon passed away. 3. Really proceeding from its reputed source or author; not spurious; = authentic adj. 7a.The distinction which the 18th cent. apologists attempted to establish between genuine and authentic (see quot. 1796) does not agree well with the etymology of the latter word, and is not now recognised. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > foundation in fact, validity > [adjective] > authentic > in origin or authorship authentical1553 authentic1645 genuine1654 ream1851 fair dinkum1906 legit1907 square dinkum1914 1654 J. Bramhall Just Vindic. Church of Eng. v. 90 If any of those Canons which bear their names be genuine. 1719 J. Richardson Art Crit. 145 When we have fix'd a few of the Works of the Masters as Genuine. 1757 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. III. 189 The impossibility that all the three præputia should be genuine reliques. 1779 S. Johnson Butler in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets II. 14 Two volumes..have been printed..indubitably genuine. 1796 Bp. R. Watson Apol. for Bible ii. 33 A genuine book, is that which was written by the person whose name it bears, as the author of it. An authentic book, is that which relates matters of fact, as they really happened. 1833 C. F. Crusé tr. Eusebius Eccl. Hist. (ed. 2) iii. iii. 83 As to the writings of Peter, one of his epistles called the first is acknowledged as genuine. 1850 R. W. Emerson Plato in Representative Men ii. 45 This range of Plato instructs us what to think of the vexed question concerning his reputed works—what are genuine, what spurious. 1882 F. W. Farrar Early Days Christianity II. 530 (note) The fragment..is of very doubtful genuineness, and even if genuine proves nothing. 4. a. Having the character or origin represented; real, true, not counterfeit, unfeigned, †unadulterated. (the) genuine article: see (the) genuine article at article n. Phrases 3b. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > foundation in fact, validity > [adjective] > genuine, real soothc888 soothlyc888 soothfastc1175 germanec1384 truea1398 sickera1400 upright?a1500 uncounterfeita1542 righteous1543 legitimate1551 truepennya1556 arrant1570 uncounterfeited1571 real1573 current1578 genuinal1599 unforged1610 unpretended1611 legitime1614 unabusinga1628 Lubish1632 genuine1639 undissembled1651 undissimulate1652 ingenuine1661 infallacious1677 real live1684 unfalsified1688 unmistaken1694 pukka1776 undissimulated1776 unassumed1818 uncynical1824 Simon Pure1834 sure-enough1837 unsimulated1840 straight-out1848 true blue1852 veritable1862 really (and) truly1864 authentic1868 true-metal1868 kosher1896 twenty-four carat1900 honest to goodness1905 echt1916 dinky-di1918 McCoy1928 twenty-two carat1962 right1969 1640 T. Carew Poems 146 We use No..compounds that are Adulterate, but at Natures cheape expence With farre more genuine sweets refresh the sense. 1660 R. Coke Justice Vindicated Ep. Ded. 1 The true and genuine causes. 1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 214 What the genuine sense is I shall take notice in its proper place. 1712 T. Parnell in Spectator No. 501. ⁋6 The whole Vault had a genuine Dismalness in it. 1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. ii. i. 144 Christianity..teaches natural Religion, in its genuine Simplicity. 1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall III. 37 Maximus now displayed his genuine character. 1845 M. Pattison in Christian Remembrancer Jan. 83 Such a genuine expression of paternal regard. 1876 J. B. Mozley Serm. preached Univ. of Oxf. iv. 95 They had no genuine belief in any world which was different from theirs. absolute.1639 N. N. tr. J. Du Bosc Compl. Woman 34 The modesty of the simple and genuine is wholy in the hart. b. Properly so called; that is such in the proper sense. ΚΠ a1682 Sir T. Browne Certain Misc. Tracts (1683) i. 36 The true and genuine Sycamore..which is a stranger in our parts. 1692 R. Bentley Boyle Lect. i. 3 This latter part to a genuine Atheist is meer Jargon. 1751 J. Harris Hermes i. v. 73 The genuine Pronoun always stands by itself. 1758 Idler 10 June 73 There is no mark more certain of a genuine Idler, than uneasiness without molestation. 1850 H. T. Cheever Whale & his Captors vi. 96 None but a genuine son of the sea..could make these characteristic rhymes. 1852 H. Rogers. Ecl. Faith (1853) 316 A genuine sceptic, as I am. 1879 St. George's Hosp. Rep. 9 63 A piece of genuine false-membrane was coughed out. 5. Of persons: Free from affectation or hypocrisy. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > sincerity, freedom from deceit > [adjective] aefauldOE trueOE true as steela1300 throlya1375 entirec1380 faithfula1382 entirelyc1400 single1519 sincere1533 sincere1539 simple-minded1556 Dunstable?1565 truthful?1567 single-hearted1574 single-minded1577 sound1580 downright1584 unaffected1592 real1597 plain-hearted1601 unartificial1603 free1619 honest1634 fair and square1636 round-dealing1642 wholehearted1657 down flata1663 well-designing1670 heart-whole1684 single-eyed1705 unsanctimoniousa1797 natural1825 bona fide1827 unfallacious1827 jannock1828 forthcoming1835 up and down1836 bonified1840 forthgoing1851 unhypocritical1854 forthright1855 upstanding1863 on the level1872 genuine1890 for real1954 upfront1967 1841 [implied in: T. Carlyle On Heroes ii. 106 One would say the primary character of the Koran is this of its genuineness, of its being a bonâ-fide book. (at genuineness n. 3)]. 1853 [implied in: C. Dickens Let. 12 Sept. (1993) VII. 145 I was greatly pleased with his genuineness altogether. (at genuineness n. 3)] ]. 1890 Spectator 28 June He is a very great and genuine personage in many ways, but he has his peculiarities like other men. Draft additions 1993 6. Of a horse or greyhound: that can be relied on to do its best in a race, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > domestic animal > [adjective] > in competition novice1895 genuine1974 1974 H. E. Clarke Win at Greyhound Racing xii. 139 Ballynennan Moon was one of the tallest and slimmest of racing greyhounds. He was genuine to the nth degree. His consistent record bears this out. 1976 Horse & Hound 3 Dec. 64/1 (advt.) Summerfield has three genuine young horses for sale. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2020). † genuineadj.² Etymology: < Latin genuīnus, < genus = gena* cheek. Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. genuine teeth n. the back teeth. ΚΠ 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Genuine Teeth, the same as Dentes Sapientiæ. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.¹1607adj.²1706
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genuineadj.1

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genuineadj.¹

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