PHOENIX


Meaning of PHOENIX in English

[phoe.nix] n [ME fenix, fr. OE, fr. L phoenix, fr. Gk phoinix] (bef. 12c): 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 adj

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