of or pertaining to birthdays or to the position of the stars at one's birth
Derived forms
genethliacally (ˌdʒenɪθˈlaiɪkli)
adjective
Word origin
[1575–85; ‹ L genethliacus ‹ Gk genethliakós, equiv. to genéthli(os) pertaining to one's birth (deriv. of genéthlē birth) + -akos-ac]This word is first recorded in the period 1575–85. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: conventional, cusp, formula, shelter, stripper