1871, "intellectuality," also, variously, after German, "spirit" of a place or time; "spirituality," from German Geist (see ghost (n.), and compare zeitgeist). A German word for "enthusiasm, rapture; inspiration" is begeisterung.
geezer
gefilte fish
gehenna
Geiger counter
geisha
geist
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gelatin
gelatine
gelatinous
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