Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PHE'NIX
PHEN'I-COP-TERPHEN-O-GAM'I-AN, or PHEN-O-GAM'IC
PHE'NIX, n. [Gr. φοινιξ; L. phœnix, the palm or date tree, and a fowl.]
- The fabulous fowl which is said to exist single, and to rise again from its own ashes. – Locke.
- A person of singular distinction.
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