Genial

Pronunciation

Origin

From Middle French génial, from Latin geniālis ("of or pertaining to marriage; festive, genial"), from genius ("guardian spirit") + -ālis.

Full definition of genial

Adjective

1. friendly and cheerful
2. (especially of weather) pleasantly mild and warm
3. marked by genius
• 2003, Laura Fermi, Gilberto Bernardini, Galileo and the Scientific Revolution, Courier Dover Publications, page 111 http://books.google.com/books?id=qGsZ4YmjhFwC&pg=PA111&dq=genial+idea+date:1940-2009&lr=lang_en&as_brr=3&as_pt=ALLTYPES:About fifty years later, in 1675, the Danish astronomer Ole Roemer (1644-1710) had the genial idea of using astronomical rather than terrestrial distances.
4. (anatomy) genian; relating to the chin

Derived terms

• congenial

Anagrams

• Ealing, igneal, linage