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generic adjective & noun. L17.
[French generique, from Latin genus, gener- GENUS: see -IC.]
A. adjective.
Characteristic of or belonging to a genus or class; applicable to (any individual of) a large group or class, general, non-specific. L17.
Aldous Huxley The derisive individual in her..repelled him, but the attraction of what was generic,..the entire sex, was stronger. B. Cottle Primitive languages have words for various trees but no generic term for 'tree'.
Of the name of a commercial product: not protected by legislation from general use; of a product, esp. a drug: not protected by a registered trade mark. Orig. US. L20.
b. noun. Something generic; spec. (a) a general word as an element of a compound proper name; (b) (orig. US) a generic product. E19.
generical adjective = GENERIC adjective M17.
generically adverb with reference to genus M17.
genericalness noun (rare) E18.
genericness noun generic quality or characteristics M20.