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lyncean
[ lin-see-uhn ]
/ lɪnˈsi ən /
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adjective
of or relating to a lynx; lynxlike.
lynx-eyed; sharp-sighted.
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How to use lyncean in a sentence
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 WilliamsO 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 ColeridgeGalileo'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 Philosophy|John Elliot Drinkwater Bethune
British Dictionary definitions for lyncean
lyncean
/ (lɪnˈsiːən) /
adjective
of or resembling a lynx
rare having keen sight
Word Origin for lyncean
C17: probably via Latin, from Greek Lunkeios concerning Lunkeos, an Argonaut renowned for his sharpsightedness, from lunx lynx
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