Jynx

/d͡ʒɪŋks/ · noun

Meaning

A bird, the wryneck, once thought a bird of ill omen (Jynx torquilla)..

Definitions by Sense

1. A bird, the wryneck, once thought a bird of ill omen (Jynx torquilla).
2. (transferred sense) A charm or spell.
3. One of an order of spiritual intelligences in ancient “Chaldaic” philosophy.

Example Sentences

Its sharp and harsh cry, resembling a repetition of 'Jynx', 'Jynx', 'Jynx'.

Where not a Silver Iyng, or Pigeon, fell To Pay the Markman.

Jynx, the Wry-neck, or Emmet-hunter, or as some say, the Wag-tail.

The Jynx or Wryneck…I first heard this year on March 29.

A youth or females hold a bird, supposed to be the iynx, in their hands.

These are the Philtres, Allurements, Jynges, Inveiglements [les philtres, iynges, et attraictz], Baits, and Enticements of Love.

You can extend the idea of isograms to sentences that don't repeat any letters. Interestingly, there are several English sentences that use each letter exactly once. They're all pretty weird and either borrow from other languages or use acronyms that were later accepted as English words. For example: Veldt jynx grimps waqf zho buck As I'm typing this, my word processor is marking each of the above words (save for “buck”) as spelled incorrectly, though I promise they're real words. Honest.

Then is the Intelligible Jynx; next which are the Synoches, the Empyreal, the Ætherial and the Material; after the Synoches are the Teletarchs…Intelligent Jynges do themselves also understand from the Father By unspeakable Counsels being moved so as to understand.

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Word Forms

• jynges
• iynx
• iyng
• jyng

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