Associations to the word «Genie»

Wiktionary

GENIE, noun. (Islam) An invisible spirit mentioned in the Qur'an and believed by Muslims to inhabit the earth and influence mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animals, of pre-Islamic Arabian mythological origin.
GENIE, noun. A fictional magical being that is typically bound to obey the commands of a mortal possessing its container.

Dictionary definition

GENIE, noun. (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.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats