Meaning of “phoenix”

Jun 7, 2016

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phoenix
('fee·niks)
[n.]
1. a person or thing of unmatched beauty or excellence.
2. a person or thing that has become renewed or restored after suffering calamity or apparent annihilation (after the mythological bird that periodically immolated itself and rose from the ashes as a new phoenix).
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Example
The phoenix is often used to symbolize something that is indomitable or immortal.