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lyncean
[ lin-see-uhn ]
adjective
- of or relating to a lynx; lynxlike.
- lynx-eyed; sharp-sighted.
lyncean
/ lɪnˈsiːən /
adjective
- of or resembling a lynx
- rare.having keen sight
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of lyncean1
C17: probably via Latin, from Greek Lunkeios concerning Lunkeos, an Argonaut renowned for his sharpsightedness, from lunx lynx
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Example Sentences
One of the most important of these was the Lyncean Society, founded about the year 1611, Galileo himself being a member.
From Project Gutenberg
O for that Lyncean eye that can discover in the acorn of Error the rooted and widely spreading oak of Misery!
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Galileo's part of this controversy was published at Rome by the Lyncean Academy in 1613.
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