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genet Definition

genet (jen′it, jə net′)

noun

  1. any of a genus (Genetta) of small, spotted African carnivores in the same family (Viverridae) as the civet
  2. its fur

Etymology: ME < OFr genette < Sp gineta < Ar jarnayṭ

Genet Definition

Ge·net (z̸hə nā′)

Genet, Jean 1910-86; Fr. playwright & novelist

genet Usage Examples

Noun used with modifier

  • jean: I am reading Our Lady of the Flowers by jean genet.
Genet Quotes

Genet had been right at least about one thing. Blacks should be used to play whites. For centuries we had probed their faces, the angles of their bodies, the sounds of their voices and even their odors.Often our survival had depended on the accurate reading of a white man's chuckle or the disdainful wave of a white woman's hand.

—Angelou, Maya originally MayaJohnson