jynx
/d͡ʒɪŋks/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.12 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A bird, the wryneck, once thought a bird of ill omen (Jynx torquilla).
noun
One of an order of spiritual intelligences in ancient “Chaldaic” philosophy.
Example Sentences
- "Where not a Silver Iyng, or Pigeon, fell To Pay the Markman."
- "Jynx, the Wry-neck, or Emmet-hunter, or as some say, the Wag-tail."
- "The Jynx or Wryneck…I first heard this year on March 29."
- "Its sharp and harsh cry, resembling a repetition of 'Jynx', 'Jynx', 'Jynx'."
- "A youth or females hold a bird, supposed to be the iynx, in their hands."
- "These are the Philtres, Allurements, Jynges, Inveiglements [les philtres, iynges, et attraictz], Baits, and Enticements of Love."
Etymology
An adaptation of the Latin iynx (“wryneck”), itself an adaptation of the Ancient Greek ἴϋγξ (íünx, “Eurasian wryneck, Jynx torquilla; spell or charm; passionate yearning”).
Origin
- Source language: Latin