genet Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun French diplomat who in 1793 tried to draw the United States into the war between France and England (1763-1834)
    Edmund Charles Edouard Genet; Citizen Genet.
  2. noun French writer of novels and dramas for the theater of the absurd (1910-1986)
    Jean Genet.
  3. noun agile Old World viverrine having a spotted coat and long ringed tail
    Genetta genetta.

WordNet

Gen"et, Ge*nette" noun (Also<
  • Genet
  • Genette
)
Etymology
F. genette, Sp. gineta, fr. Ar. jarnei.
Definitions
  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. ✍ The common genet (Genetta vulgaris) of Southern Europe, Asia Minor, and North Africa, is dark gray, spotted with black. The long tail is banded with black and white. The Cape genet (G. felina), and the berbe (G. pardina), are related African species.
  2. The fur of the common genet (Genetta vulgaris); also, any skin dressed in imitation of this fur.
Gen"et noun
Etymology
See Jennet.
Definitions
  1. A small-sized, well-proportioned, Spanish horse; a jennet. Shak.

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