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genial(2)(dictionary)
genial(medicine)
genial(dictionary)
genial tubercle(medicine)
BASE(law)
base(1)(dictionary)
base(2)(dictionary)
base(3)(dictionary)
base(4)(dictionary)

genial(1) (iou) and Base (health)


genial(1) (iou)



genial adjective1. M16.
[Latin genialis nuptial, productive, joyous, from GENIUS: see -AL1.]
Of or pertaining to Marriage, nuptial; of or pertaining to reproduction or procreation. Now rare. M16.
Spenser The bridal bowre and geniall bed.
Festive. E17-M18.
Dryden In Winter shall the Genial Feast be made Before the Fire.
Conducive to growth. Now chiefly of air, climate, sunshine, etc.: pleasantly warm, mild. M17.
Coleridge Applause scarcely less genial to a poet, than the vernal warmth to the feathered songsters during their nest-building.
Of or pertaining to natural disposition; natural. M17-M19.
Milton So much I feel my genial spirits droop.
Jovial, kindly, sociable; sympathetically cheerful. M18.
V. S. Pritchett To find oneself among affectionate, genial and cultivated Families..must be heaven. O. Sacks He was a genial soul, very ready to talk and to answer any questions.
[Infl. by German genial, -isch.] Of, pertaining to or characterized by genius (GENIUS 6). Now rare or obsolete. E19.
geni'ality noun E17.
genialize verb trans. (rare) make genial or agreeable M19.
genially adverb M17.
genialness noun (rare) geniality E18.

Base (health)


A chemical compound that either donates hydroxide ions or absorbs hydrogen ions when dissolved in water. Bases and acids are referred to as opposites because the effect of an acid is to increase the hydronium ion concentration in water, whereas bases reduce this concentration. Arrhenius bases are water-soluble and always have a pH greater than 7 in solution.