genuine, echt
(adjective) not fake or counterfeit; “a genuine Picasso”; “genuine leather”
genuine, true, unfeigned
(adjective) not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed; “genuine emotion”; “her interest in people was unfeigned”; “true grief”
actual, genuine, literal, real
(adjective) being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something; “her actual motive”; “a literal solitude like a desert”- G.K.Chesterton; “a genuine dilemma”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
genuine (comparative more genuine, superlative most genuine)
Belonging to, or proceeding from the original stock; native
Not counterfeit, spurious, false, or adulterated
• authentic
• real
• natural
• (British dialectal) lubish
• true
• uncounterfeited
• See also genuine
• fake
• ingenuine
• Guienne, eugenin, ingenue, ingĂ©nue, unigene
Source: Wiktionary
Gen"u*ine, a. Etym: [L. genuinus, fr. genere, gignere, to beget, in pass., to be born: cf. F. génuine. See Gender.]
Definition: Belonging to, or proceeding from, the original stock; native; hence, not counterfeit, spurious, false, or adulterated; authentic; real; natural; true; pure; as, a genuine text; a genuine production; genuine materials. "True, genuine night." Dryden.
Syn.
– Authentic; real; true; pure; unalloyed; unadulterated. See Authentic.
– Gen"u*ine*ly, adv.
– Gen"u*ine*ness, n. The evidence, both internal and external, against the genuineness of these letters, is overwhelming. Macaulay.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
