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genie
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun genie has 1 sense
- genie(n = noun.person) djinn, djinni, djinny, jinnee, jinni - (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; Array has particulars: shaitan, shaytan, eblis
is a kind of disembodied spirit, spirit
OXFORD DICTIONARY
genie, n. (pl. usu. genii) a jinnee, goblin, or familiar spirit of Arabian folklore.
Etymology
F g{eacute}nie f. L GENIUS: cf. JINNEE
THESAURUS
genie
Baba Yaga, Lilith, afreet, barghest, cacodemon, daeva, demon, devil, dybbuk, evil genius, evil spirit, fiend, fiend from hell, genius, ghoul, gyre, hellion, incubus, jinni, jinniyeh, lamia, rakshasa, satan, shedu, succubus, the undead, vampire, yogini
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