Generosity to Gentian
Generosity
(Gen`er*os"i*ty) n. [L. generositas: cf. F. générosité.]
1. Noble birth. [Obs.] Harris
2. The quality of being noble; noble- mindedness.
Generosity is in nothing more seen than in a candid estimation of other men's virtues and good qualities.
Barrow. 3. Liberality in giving; munificence.
Syn. — Magnanimity; liberality.
Generous
(Gen"er*ous) a. [F. généreux, fr. L. generous of noble birth, noble, excellent, magnanimous, fr.
genus birth, race: cf. It. generoso. See 2d Gender.]
1. Of honorable birth or origin; highborn. [Obs.]
The generous and gravest citizens.
Shak. 2. Exhibiting those qualities which are popularly reregarded as belonging to high birth; noble; honorable; magnanimous; spirited; courageous.
"The generous critic." Pope. "His generous spouse." Pope. "A generous pack [of hounds]." Addison.
3. Open-handed; free to give; not close or niggardly; munificent; as, a generous friend or father.
4. Characterized by generosity; abundant; overflowing; as, a generous table. Swift.
5. Full of spirit or strength; stimulating; exalting; as, generous wine.
Syn. — Magnanimous; bountiful. See Liberal.
— Gen"er*ous*ly, adv. — Gen"er*ous*ness, n.
Genesee epoch
(Gen`e*see" ep"och) (Geol.) The closing subdivision of the Hamilton period in the American
Devonian system; - - so called because the formations of this period crop out in Genesee, New York.
Genesial
(Ge*ne"sial) a. Of or relating to generation.
Genesiolgy
(Ge*ne`si*ol"gy) n. [Gr. birth + -logy.] The doctrine or science of generation.
Genesis
(Gen"e*sis) n. [L., from Gr. ge`nesis, fr. the root of gi`gnesqai to beget, be born; akin to L.
genus birth, race. See Gender.]
1. The act of producing, or giving birth or origin to anything; the process or mode of originating; production; formation; origination.
The origin and genesis of poor Sterling's club.
Carlyle. 2. The first book of the Old Testament; — so called by the Greek translators, from its containing the
history of the creation of the world and of the human race.
3. (Geom.) Same as Generation.
Genet
(Gen"et) (jen"et or je*net"), Genette
(Ge*nette") n. [F. genette, Sp. gineta, fr. Ar. jarnei&tsdot.]
1. (Zoöl.) One of several species of small Carnivora of the genus Genetta, allied to the civets, but having
the scent glands less developed, and without a pouch.
