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Definition of Lyncean
1. a. Of or pertaining to the lynx.
Definition of Lyncean
1. Adjective. lynx (attributive) ¹
2. Adjective. acute (of eyesight) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Lyncean
1. of or resembling a lynx [adj]
Medical Definition of Lyncean
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Lyncean
Literary usage of Lyncean
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lives of Eminent Persons: Consisting of Galileo, Kepler, Newton, Mahomet (1833)
"A few extracts from the Regulations will serve to shew the spirit in which this
distinguished society was conceived :— " The lyncean Society desires for its ..."
2. Lives of Eminent Persons (1833)
"“The lyncean Society desires for its academicians, philosophers eager for real
... It is not within the lyncean plan to find leisure for recitations and ..."
3. Philosophical Observations on the Analogy Between the Propagation of Animals by James Parsons (1752)
"It is evident then, that the Members of this famous Academy held the Doctrine
of * Altho* we do not find he was a lyncean, yet that he had much the fame ..."
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