n.
Pronunciation: ' f ē -niks
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English fenix, from Old English, from Latin phoenix, from Greek phoinix
Date: before 12th century
: a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period also : a person or thing likened to the phoenix
– phoe · nix · like \ - ˌ l ī k \ adjective