ge‧nie /ˈdʒiːni/ noun [countable]
[Date: 1600-1700; Language: French; Origin: génie, from Arabic jinniy]

1. a magical creature in old Arabian stories that will do what you want when you call it

2. let the genie out of the bottle to do something that has a great and often bad effect on a situation, which can then never return to its previous state

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