From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
genuine \gen"u*ine\, a. [L. genuinus, fr. genere, gignere, to
beget, in pass., to be born: cf. F. g['e]nuine. See
Gender.]
Belonging to, or proceeding from, the original stock; native;
hence, not counterfeit, spurious, false, or adulterated;
authentic; real; natural; true; pure; as, a genuine text; a
genuine production; genuine materials. "True, genuine night."
--Dryden.
Syn: Authentic; real; true; pure; unalloyed; unadulterated.
See Authentic. -- Gen"u*ine*ly, adv. --
Gen"u*ine*ness, n.
[1913 Webster]
The evidence, both internal and external, against
the genuineness of these letters, is overwhelming.
--Macaulay.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
genuine
adj 1: not fake or counterfeit; "a genuine Picasso"; "genuine
leather" [syn: genuine, echt] [ant: counterfeit,
imitative]
2: not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed; "genuine
emotion"; "her interest in people was unfeigned"; "true
grief" [syn: genuine, {true(a)}, unfeigned]
3: being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of
something; "her actual motive"; "a literal solitude like a
desert"- G.K.Chesterton; "a genuine dilemma" [syn: actual,
genuine, literal, real]