Definitions
Common; not specific
Word origin
From Middle English general, in turn from Anglo-Norman general, generall, Middle French general, and their source, Latin generālis, from genus (“class, kind”) + -ālis (“-al”).
Used in a sentence
“It is generall / To be mortall: / I haue well espyde / No man may hym hyde / From Deth holow eyed […].”
“"Among us!" was the general shout, and Peppersorn sat frozen to his chair.”
“That each, who seems a separate whole, Should move his rounds, and fusing all The skirts of self again, should fall Remerging in the general Soul, Is faith as vague as all unsweet: […]”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Broadly common”7 letters
02“Usual or widespread”7 letters
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