name, noun ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A jinn, a being descended from the jann, normally invisible to the human eye, but who may also appear in animal or human form.
2. 2
   (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 wordnet
3. 3
   A fictional magical being that is typically bound to obey the commands of a mortal possessing its container.

   "genie in a bottle"

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A male given name, diminutive of Eugene and pet form of Gene
2. 2
   A female given name, diminutive of Eugenie and Eugenia

Synonyms

All synonyms

jinniafreetatlasbaba yagabarghestcacodemon

Example

More examples

"You can't put the genie back in the bottle."

Etymology

From French génie (“genius, genie”), a phono-semantic matching of Arabic جِنِّيّ (jinniyy).

Related phrases

put the genie back in the bottlethe genie is out of the bottle

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