genie

[jee-nee] /ˈdʒi ni/

noun

Islamic Mythology, jinn.

a spirit, often appearing in human form, that when summoned by a person carries out the wishes of the summoner.

any spirit; demon.

Origin

1645-55; < French génie < Latin genius; see genius

Examples from the web for genie

Once you have infected adults in the air, the genie is out of the bottle.
He's worried about stuffing the punishment genie back in the bottle.
The pattern resembles squarish line drawings of fish or stylized genie lamps.
The technology genie is now out of the bottle and it is changing the way the next generation is interacting and shaping our world.
In one sense this debate is moot, because the crypto genie is out of the bottle.
He released a genie: in three terse papers, he founded the discipline known as sociobiology.
But the genie was out of the bottle: paper money had arrived.
It is difficult to image how a genie of your readers' discontent and disappointment can now be stuffed back into its lamp.
They stumble across a lamp and release a genie, who offers them each a wish.
The genie is out of the bottle and there is no stuffing it back in.

British Dictionary definitions for genie

genie

/ˈdʒiːnɪ/

noun

(in fairy tales and stories) a servant who appears by magic and fulfils a person's wishes

another word for jinni

Word Origin

C18: from French génie, from Arabic jinni demon, influenced by Latin genius attendant spirit; see genius

Genie

/ˈdʒiːnɪ/

noun

(Canadian) an award given by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television in recognition of Canadian cinematic achievements

Word Origin and History for genie

1650s, "tutelary spirit," from French génie, from Latin genius (see genius); used in French translation of "Arabian Nights" to render Arabic jinni, singular of jinn, which it accidentally resembled, and attested in English with this sense from 1748.