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Gemini noun & interjection. Exc. in sense A.1 also gemini. OE.
[Latin gemini pl. of geminus twin.]
A. noun.
(The name of) a conspicuous constellation on the ecliptic between Auriga and Cancer, on the edge of the Milky Way; Astrology (the name of) the third zodiacal sign, usu. associated with the period 21 May to 21 June (see note s.v. ZODIAC); the Twins (Castor and Pollux). OE.
Tennyson When..the starry Gemini hang like glorious crowns Over Orion's grave. attrib.: L. MacNeice All astrologers agree that the Gemini type enjoys argument.
b. = Geminian. E20.
A couple, a pair (of); esp. in pl., a pair of eyes. Now rare. L16.
Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor Like a geminy of baboons.
b. interjection. A mild oath or exclamation. Cf. JIMINY. M17.
Gemi'nian noun a person born under the sign Gemini E20.
Geminid noun any of an annual shower of meteors which appear to radiate from the constellation Gemini in December L19.