GENIE
What does "GENIE" mean?
A spirit of Arabian folklore able to grant wishes when summoned, often from a lamp.
Meanings
- A supernatural being of Arabian and Islamic folklore, often depicted granting wishes to whoever frees it. He rubbed the lamp half-joking, half-hoping a genie would answer.
- A guardian or attendant spirit of a person or place (from the Latin sense). Some called the old librarian the genie of the reading room. formal
Did you know?
- The English 'genie' fuses two unrelated words: the Arabic 'jinni' and the Latin 'genius', linked only because French translators of the Arabian Nights loved that they nearly rhymed.
Word origin
From French 'genie', from Latin 'genius' (guardian spirit), which French translators chose to render the similar-sounding Arabic 'jinni' in 'The Thousand and One Nights'.
Remember it
GENIE shares its first four letters with GENIUS - both come from the same Latin guardian spirit.
A little poem
Three wishes, says the smoke, and grants them true-
but every wish is shaped by who you are.
The lamp gives power; it cannot give you taste.
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Wordplay
- I wished the genie would make me irresistible. Now everyone keeps trying to throw me back in the lamp.
What it teaches
Be careful what you wish for; a granted desire only magnifies the person who asked.
Quick facts
What does GENIE mean?
A spirit of Arabian folklore able to grant wishes when summoned, often from a lamp.
Is GENIE a valid word?
Yes — GENIE is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is GENIE?
GENIE has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does GENIE come from?
From French 'genie', from Latin 'genius' (guardian spirit), which French translators chose to render the similar-sounding Arabic 'jinni' in 'The Thousand and One Nights'.
What can GENIE teach us?
Be careful what you wish for; a granted desire only magnifies the person who asked.
How players do
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