genethliac
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prettygoodwordgenethliac (juh-NETH-lee-ak) - adj., of or pertaining to birthdays or to the position of the stars at one's birth; esp., pertaining to the casting of a horoscope at someone's birth. n., someone who casts horoscopes based on the stars at the time of birth; a birthday poem.
It was that last sense that I was hoping to highlight, as I've been known to write 'em but never had a word for the genre, but these other wordy senses got in the way. Borrowed around 1780 from Latin genethliacus, from Greek genethliakós, from genéthlē, birth.
---L.
It was that last sense that I was hoping to highlight, as I've been known to write 'em but never had a word for the genre, but these other wordy senses got in the way. Borrowed around 1780 from Latin genethliacus, from Greek genethliakós, from genéthlē, birth.
---L.
