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Genethliac

Ge-nēth'li-āc, n.

noun

n. [Lat. genethliacon. See infra.] 1. A birthday poem. Brande. 2. One skilled in genethliacs. [Obs.]

Ge-nēth'li-ac or Gēn'eth-li'a-cal, a.

adjective

a. [Fr. généthliaque, Lat. genethliacus, Gr. γενεθλιακός, from γενέθλια, pl., a birthday feast, γενέθλιος, belonging to one's birth, γένέθλη, birth, γίγνεσθαι, to be born.] Pertaining to nativities, as calculated by astrologers; showing the positions of the stars at the birth of any person. [Obs.] Howell.