Phoenixity
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The quality of being like a phoenix, especially that of recovering from destruction, or possession of an otherworldly beauty. uncountable
"Her best course would be to marry another phoenix; but as she—poor girl!—cannot appreciate even her own phoenixity, much less that of another, she must perforce be content with a mere mortal."
Example
More examples"Her best course would be to marry another phoenix; but as she—poor girl!—cannot appreciate even her own phoenixity, much less that of another, she must perforce be content with a mere mortal."
Etymology
From phoenix + -ity.
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