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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: genie \ge"nie\ (j[=e]"n[=e]), noun [F.] Same as {jinnee}. [PJC] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: G'enie \G['e]'nie\, noun [F.] See {Genius}. From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Jinnee \Jin"nee\, Jinni \Jin"ni\(j[i^]n"n[=e]), noun; pl. {Jinn} (j[i^]n). [Ar.] (Arabian & Mohammedan Myth.) A genius or demon; one of the fabled genii, good and evil spirits, supposed to be the children of fire, and to have the power of assuming various forms. [Written also {jin}, {djinn}, {djinnee}, {genie}, etc.] Note: Jinn is also used as sing., with pl. jinns. From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: noun 1: (Islam) an invisible spirit mentioned in the Koran and believed by Muslims to inhabit the earth and influence mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animals [syn: {jinni}, {jinnee}, {djinni}, {djinny}] From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 28 Moby Thesaurus words for "genie": Baba Yaga, Lilith, afreet, barghest, cacodemon, daeva, demon, devil, dybbuk, evil genius, evil spirit, fiend, fiend from hell, genius, ghoul, gyre, hellion, incubus, jinni, jinniyeh, lamia, rakshasa, satan, shedu, succubus, the undead, vampire, yogini
From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]: GENIE General Electric Network for Information Exchange (network, GE) |
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