| Main Entry: | genuine article |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | the real thing, not a substitute or imitation |
| Example: | Her hair color is the genuine article. |
| Usage: | slang |
genuine article definition[ˈdʒɛnjəwən ˈɑrtɪklæ] or [ˈdʒɛnˈjuˈwɑɪn ˈɑrtɪklæ]
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| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |