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lyncean, a.|lɪnˈsiːən|
Also 7 lincean, 7–9 lyncæan, 9 lynxean.
[f. L. lyncē-us (a. Gr. λύγκειος, f. λύγξ lynx) + -an.
Some of the writers who have used the word have perh. intended a reference to Lynceus, the name of one of the Argonauts, celebrated for his sharp sight; cf. ‘a more piercing Linceus sight’ (Nashe Lenten Stuffe (1599) 67).]
Of the eyes, sight, etc.: Resembling that of a lynx, keen; also of persons: lynx-like; sharp-sighted.
1622Bp. Hall Serm. V. 129 Justice cannot be too lyncean to the being of things. a1678Marvell Def. John Howe Wks. 1875 IV. 181, I wonder how in this lyncean perspicacity It oversaw a more remarkable errour of Mr. Howe's. 1793W. Roberts Looker-on No. 85 (1794) III. 364 It was not long ere the..lyncean vigilance of the Baron detected the exchange of letters. 1816Kirby & Sp. Entomol. II. 219 Hunted for by the lyncean eye of an entomologist. 1819W. Turton Conchol. Dict. p. xviii, This laborious and lyncean naturalist. [In mod. Dicts.] |