Borrowed from Latin geminī, plural of geminus (“twin”), calque of Ancient Greek Δίδυμοι (Dídumoi), calque of Akkadian 𒀯𒈠𒀸 (māšu), calque of Sumerian 𒀯𒈦𒋰𒁀 (ᵐᵘˡMAŠ.TAB.BA, “the Divine Twins, in Mesopotamia identified as Lugal-irra and Meslamta-ea; name of constellation”). See Lugal-irra and Meslamta-ea.
Meanings
Someone who has the Gemini star sign.
Danny had decided he was going to try to give things a proper go with Marley’s mum, so was mainly uncontactable because, ironically, as a Gemini, he wasn’t good at focusing on two things at once. 2022, Candice Carty-Williams, People Person, Trapeze, page 304:
(obsolete) A pair of something.
I haue grated vpon my good friends for three Repreeues for you, and your Coach-fellow Nim; or elſe you had look’d through the grate, like a Geminy of Baboones: […] c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii], page 45, column 1:
uk близня́ (someone who has the Gemini star sign) · el Δίδυμος (someone who has the Gemini star sign) · nb tvilling (someone who has the Gemini star sign) · nl Tweeling (someone who has the Gemini star sign) · ca gèminis (someone who has the Gemini star sign) · bg близна́ци (someone who has the Gemini star sign) · nn tvilling (someone who has the Gemini star sign) · da tvilling (someone who has the Gemini star sign) · gl xémini (someone who has the Gemini star sign) · hu ikrek (someone who has the Gemini star sign) · pt geminiano (someone who has the Gemini star sign) · ru близне́ц (someone who has the Gemini star sign) · de Zwilling (someone who has the Gemini star sign) · ang ġetwisa (someone who has the Gemini star sign) · mk близнак (someone who has the Gemini star sign) · ca bessons (someone who has the Gemini star sign) · et kaksik (someone who has the Gemini star sign) · uk близню́к (someone who has the Gemini star sign) · fr Gémeaux (someone who has the Gemini star sign) · fi kaksonen (someone who has the Gemini star sign)
Borrowed from Latin geminī, plural of geminus (“twin”), calque of Ancient Greek Δίδυμοι (Dídumoi), calque of Akkadian 𒀯𒈠𒀸 (māšu), calque of Sumerian 𒀯𒈦𒋰𒁀 (ᵐᵘˡMAŠ.TAB.BA, “the Divine Twins, in Mesopotamia identified as Lugal-irra and Meslamta-ea; name of constellation”). See Lugal-irra and Meslamta-ea.
Meanings
A constellation of the zodiac traditionally taken to represent the pair of twins Castor and Pollux in Greek mythology. It contains the stars Castor, Pollux, and Alhena.
The zodiac sign for the twins, ruled by Mercury and covering May 22 – June 21 (tropical astrology) or June 16 – July 15 (sidereal astrology).
Gemini is the third sign of the zodiac, spanning the 60–89th degrees. The Sun is in Gemini from around 21 May to 20 June. 2025 May 16th, “Gemini: May Legendary Wildcard”, in Rise of the Half Moon:
(Greek, with the) The twin brothers Castor and Pollux together.
Perhaps identical with the above (compare Latin ēdepol (“by Pollux”), ēcastor (“by Castor”)), but perhaps more likely distinct in origin: compare Dutch jemenie, jemie, German gemine, jemine, Czech jémine, all ultimately shortened from Latin Iēsū domine (“O Lord Jesus”).
Meanings
(alt-of, obsolete) Obsolete form of jiminy (“an expression of mild surprise or annoyance”).