lyncean
[lin-see-uh n]
- of or relating to a lynx; lynxlike.
- lynx-eyed; sharp-sighted.
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Origin of lyncean
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Galileo's part of this controversy was published at Rome by the Lyncean Academy in 1613.
The Life of Galileo Galilei, with Illustrations of the Advancement of Experimental PhilosophyJohn Elliot Drinkwater Bethune
O for that Lyncean eye that can discover in the acorn of Error the rooted and widely spreading oak of Misery!
Letters of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Vol. I (of 2)Samuel Taylor Coleridge
One of the most important of these was the Lyncean Society, founded about the year 1611, Galileo himself being a member.
A History of Science, Volume 2(of 5)Henry Smith Williams
lyncean
- of or resembling a lynx
- rare having keen sight
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Word Origin
C17: probably via Latin, from Greek Lunkeios concerning Lunkeos, an Argonaut renowned for his sharpsightedness, from lunx lynx
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