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Main Entry:: ¹ge·ner·ic
Pronunciation:: \jə-ˈner-ik, -ˈne-rik\
Function:: adjective
Etymology:: French générique, from Latin gener-, genus birth, kind, class
Date:: 1676

1 a: relating to or characteristic of a whole group or class : general b: being or having a nonproprietary name <generic drugs> c: having no particularly distinctive quality or application <generic restaurants>2: relating to or having the rank of a biological genus

— ge·ner·i·cal·ly

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\-i-k(ə-)lē\ adverb

— ge·ner·ic·ness noun

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