Phoenix

Quick meaning: Phoenix is a noun meaning (figuratively) Anything that is reborn after apparently being destroyed.

Meaning

(figuratively) Anything that is reborn after apparently being destroyed.

More Meanings

1. (Chinese mythology) A mythological Chinese chimerical bird whose physical body symbolizes the six celestial bodies; a fenghuang.
2. (Australia) To transfer assets from one company to another to dodge liability
3. (mythology) A mythological bird, said to be the only one of its kind, which lives for 500 years and then dies by burning to ashes on a pyre of its own making, ignited by the sun. It then arises anew from the ashes.
4. Alternative letter-case form of Phoenix (“A geometer moth of species Eulithis prunata.”).
5. (historical) A Greek silver coin used briefly from 1828 to 1832, divided into 100 lepta.
6. (obsolete) A marvelous person or thing.

Example Sentences

burn the long-lived phoenix in her blood

Lord Allerton was that modern phœnix, a young man, without a single objection.

Astronomers believe planets might form in this dead star's disk, like the mythical Phoenix rising up out of the ashes.

Australian Restructuring Insolvency and Turnaround Association CEO John Winter said phoenixing has been "endemic" for decades.

Word Forms

• phoenixes
• phoenices
• phoenixing
• phoenixed

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include fung, pong, bong, feng, fenghuang, simurgh.

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