pinion
/ˈpɪnjən/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.63 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A wing.
noun
A moth of the genus Lithophane.
verb
To cut off the pinion of a bird’s wing, or otherwise disable or bind its wings, in order to prevent it from flying.
Transitive verb
Example Sentences
- "Therefore do nimble Pinion'd Doues draw Loue, And therefore hath the wind-ſwift Cupid wings:"
- "See o'er the Alps his tow'ring Pinions ſoar, Where never Engliſh Poet reach'd before."
- "Press on! for it is godlike to unloose The spirit, and forget yourself in thought; Bending a pinion for the deeper sky, And, in the very fetters of your flesh, Mating with the pure essences of heaven!"
- "Never seraph spread a pinion / Over fabric half so fair."
- "An argument that he is pluckt, when hither / He ſends ſo poore a Pinnion of his Wing,"
- "They that meane to fatte Pigions…some…do softly tie their Legges:…some vse onely to pinion them."
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Phrases
Lemmer's pinion
nameless pinion
pale pinion
tawny pinion
Frequently Paired Words
Lemmer's pinion
nameless pinion
pale pinion
tawny pinion