genet

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun French diplomat who in 1793 tried to draw the United States into the war between France and England (1763-1834)
noun French writer of novels and dramas for the theater of the absurd (1910-1986)
noun agile Old World viverrine having a spotted coat and long ringed tail

From Middle English genet, ionet, from Anglo-Norman genette, Middle French genette, jenette et al., of uncertain origin.

In the morning, however, they were all gone, but the footmarks of the Genet cats told how they had been removed. — Anecdotes of the Habits and Instinct of Animals, R., Mrs. Lee
She had forced us to accept a little souvenir, a magnificent Spanish genet and an Andalusian mule, which were beautiful to look upon. — The three musketeers, Alexandre Dumas
Ever since 1789 France had been in a state of revolution, and at last (in 1792) the people established the French Republic, cut off the heads of the King and Queen (in 1793), and declared war on England and sent a minister, Genet, to the United States. — A School History of the United States, John Bach McMaster

Edmund Charles Edouard Genet, Citizen Genet

Type a word, a sentence, a book title, or a link to an English article. WordNet and the Classics answer.

Try

A library of classics · a vault of words · instant etymology & meaning

From: —

Output

Worksheet Type (multi-select)

Scope

Difficulty

Max questions

0 words Min 50 words / Max 2,000 words