Friday, May 06, 2005
Word of the Day #6
phoenix
(FEE-niks) noun
1. A person or thing of unparalleled beauty or excellence.
2. A person or thing that has regenerated or rejuvenated
after a great misfortune.
[After a fabulous bird of great beauty in Egyptian mythology.
It lived to 500 years and burned itself on a funeral pyre to
be born again from the ashes.]
(FEE-niks) noun
1. A person or thing of unparalleled beauty or excellence.
2. A person or thing that has regenerated or rejuvenated
after a great misfortune.
[After a fabulous bird of great beauty in Egyptian mythology.
It lived to 500 years and burned itself on a funeral pyre to
be born again from the ashes.]
