Wordie: Phoenix: Comments

Comment by Schmerle, about 1 year ago

Wed, 01 Aug 2007 08:12:40 +0000

Reminds me of the Phoenix Wright videogame series. The protagonist is seriously cute. In a very personal sense it means recovery.

Appears as a symbol in Fahrenheit 451.

Comment by seanahan, about 1 year ago

Wed, 18 Apr 2007 16:17:48 +0000

Also, a web browser I feel particularly nostalgic about.

AmHer sez

Wed, 18 Apr 2007 00:12:31 +0000

VARIANT FORMS: also phe·nix

NOUN: 1. Mythology A bird in Egyptian mythology that lived in the desert for 500 years and then consumed itself by fire, later to rise renewed from its ashes. 2. A person or thing of unsurpassed excellence or beauty; a paragon. 3. Phoenix, a constellation in the Southern Hemisphere near Tucana and Sculptor.

ETYMOLOGY: Middle English fenix, from Old English from Old French, both from Medieval Latin fnix, from Latin phoenix, from Greek phoinix.