adj.
- truly what it is said to be; authentic.
- sincere; honest.
Derivative
- genuinely adv.
- genuineness n.
Etymology
C16: from L. genuinus, from genu ‘knee’ (with ref. to the Roman custom of a father acknowledging paternity of a newborn child by placing it on his knee); later assoc. with genus ‘birth, race, stock’.
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